Literary Awards
Literary Awards are given to authors of articles published in The Submarine Review and are intended to encourage critical thinking and innovative approaches that address important Submarine Force issues and topics of interest.
Civilian authors are eligible for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards of $300, $200, and $100 respectively.
Active Duty authors (three categories are possible depending on the number of articles being considered: Officers, E9-E7, and E6 and below) are eligible for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards of $300, $200, and $100 respectively.
2023 Literary Awards Awardees
Placement |
Best Civilian Authors |
Best Active Duty Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Mr. Dick Daniels “Growing Up the Hard Way: WWII Submarine Service & Beyond” December 2022 |
LT Zach Wells, USN “ICEX 2022: Transiting to the North Pole" December 2022 |
| 2nd Place | CAPT David Klinger, USN (Ret) & CAPT Ralph Stoll, USN (Ret) “It Stricted In My Board" September 2023 |
LCDR James Landreth, PE, USNR & LT Andrew Pfau, USN “Forging the APEX Predator: Unmanned Systems and SSN(X)” December 2022 |
| 3rd Place | CAPT Demetri Capetanopoulos, USN (Ret) “The United States Submarine Force Reserve Component” December 2022 |
LTjg Tom Slattery, USCG “Leveraging Navy Submarine Intel in Support of USCG Drug Interdiction” September 2023 |