SCRIBE AWARD NOMINEES 2024: International Association of Media Tie-In Writers

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers today announced the nominees for the Scribe Awards for superior works published in 2023.

The IAMTW’s Scribe Awards honor excellence in the field of writing tie-in fiction for media franchises. These works include novels, short stories, audio dramas, and graphic novels tied to licenses of movies and TV shows, as well as video games, comics, songs, and even book series.

The winners will be announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26.

ADAPTED NOVEL – GENERAL OR SPECULATIVE

• Assassin’s Creed: Daughter of No One by Maria Lewis
• Marvel’s Secret Invasion by Paul Cornell
• Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord by Sarah Cawkwell
• Ultraman by Pat Cadigan

AUDIO DRAMA

• Doctor Who All’s Fair by Max Kashevsky
• Doctor Who Face to Face by John Dorney
• Doctor Who Pursuit of the Nightjar by Tim Foley
• Doctor Who Sins of the Flesh by Alfie Shaw
• Doctor Who Spirit of the Season by Georgia Cook

GRAPHIC NOVEL

• The Expanse Dragontooth by Andy Diggle
• The Mighty Nine Origins: Critical Role by Jody Houser
• Red Rising by Rik Hoskin
• Skull and Bones The Savage Storm by John Jackson Miller and James Mishler
• Star Wars – The Nameless Terror by George Mann

ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL

• Legend of the Five Rings: Three Oaths by Josh Reynolds
• Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran
• Watch Dogs Legion: Cold Reboot by Robbie MacNiven

ORIGINAL NOVEL – SPECULATIVE

• Assassin’s Creed: The Resurrection Plot by Kate Heartfield
• Marvel Zombies: The Hunger by Marsheila Rockwell
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko by Derek Tyler Attico
• Star Trek: Picard – Firewall by David Mack
• Star Wars – The Eye of Darkness by George Mann

SHORT STORY

• Unioverse “Singing a Deeper Song” by Tim Waggoner
• Warhammer 40,000 “A Forbidden Meal” by Carrie Harris
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine “Lost and Founder” by David Mack
• Valdemar “Needs Must When Evil Bides” by Jennifer Brozek
• Diablo “The Toll of Darkness and Light” by Jonathan Maberry
• Kolchak the Night Stalker “Touch of Silk” by Deborah Daughetee
• Star Trek: Discovery “Work Worth Doing” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

YOUNG ADULT / MIDDLE GRADE

• Disney Chills: Circle of Ter-ROAR by Vera Strange
• Disney Twisted Tales: Set in Stone by Mari Mancusi
• Minecraft: Return of the Piglins by Matt Forbeck
• Shadowrun: Auditions: A Mosaic Run Collection by Jennifer Brozek

IAMTW’S 2024 GRANDMASTER AND FAUST AWARD WINNER

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is also presenting the 2024 Faust Award for Grandmaster to James Reasoner. 

SCRIBE AWARD NOMINEES 2021

Acknowledging excellence in the field of tie-in writing, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced the nominees for the 2021 Scribe Awards. Congratulations to all! 

There are six prize categories, but the one of foremost interest to mystery readers—“General Original Novel and Adapted Novel”—features the following nominees:

• Masquerade for Murder, by Mickey Spillane and 
Max Allan Collins (Titan)
• Mindgame, by David J. Howe (Telos)
• Day Zero: Watchdogs Legion, by James Swallow and 
Josh Reynolds (Aconyte)
• The Rise of Skywalker, by Rae Carson (Del Rey)

Scribe winners will be announced on Friday, July 2.

Hat Tip: The Rap Sheet 

SCRIBE AWARD WINNERS 2020

Acknowledging excellence in the field of tie-in writing, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced the winners of the 2020 Scribe Awards.  Congratulations to all winners! It was a very good year for Media Tie-in writing!

ADAPTED NOVEL--GENERAL & SPECULATIVE
Alita: Battle Angel by Pat Cadigan

AUDIO DRAMAS
Doctor Who – 10 Doctor Adventures – The Creeping Death by Roy Gill

GRAPHIC NOVEL
Blade Runner 2019: Los Angeles (Michael Green and Mike Johnson)

ORIGINAL NOVEL--GENERAL
The Bitterest Pill - Reed Farrel Coleman

ORIGINAL NOVEL SPECULATIVE
Tie:
Batman, The Court of Owls by Greg Cox
Star Trek TNG, Collateral Damage by David Mack

SHORT STORY
Tales of Basil and Meobis Fresh Hells: "Cutter & Razz" by Chris A. Jackson

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
Warhammer Adventures: Attack of the Necron by Cavan Scott

2020 SCRIBE AWARDS NOMINEES: International Association of Media Tie-In Writers

Acknowledging excellence in the field of tie-in writing, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced the nominees for the 2020 Scribe Awards. The winner in each category will be announced this July at the San Diego ComicCon. 

Winners will be announced on July 15! Congratulations to all nominees! It was a very good year for Media Tie-in writing!

ADAPTED NOVEL--GENERAL & SPECULATIVE
Alita: Battle Angel by Pat Cadigan
Batman: The Killing Joke by Christa Faust and Gary Phillips
Doctor Who: Scratch Man by Tom Baker
Godzilla: King of the Monsters by Greg Keyes

AUDIO DRAMAS
Diary of River Song – Concealed Weapon by Scott Handcock
Doctor Who – Companion Chronicles – Daybreak by John Pritchard
Doctor Who – 10 Doctor Adventures – The Creeping Death by Roy Gill
Torchwood – Sargasso by Christopher Cooper
Warhammer – Watcher in the Rain by Alex Worley

GRAPHIC NOVEL
Blade Runner 2019: Los Angeles (Michael Green and Mike Johnson)
Doctor who—the Thirteenth Doctor: Old Friends (Jody Houser)
Pet Noir (Anne Toole/Christie Tant/Pati Nagle)
Star Trek—Year Five: Valentine’s Day Special (Paul Cornell)
The Wrath of Fantomas (Olivier Bouquet)

ORIGINAL NOVEL--GENERAL
The Bitterest Pill - Reed Farrel Coleman
Murder, My Love - Max Allan Collins
Murder, She Wrote: A Taste For Murder - John Land

ORIGINAL NOVEL SPECULATIVE
Batman, The Court of Owls by Greg Cox
Firefly, The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove
Star Trek TNG, Collateral Damage by David Mack
Star Trek Discovery, The Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller
Star Wars: Galaxy Edge, Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson
Warhammer, The Red Feast by Gav Thorpe

SHORT STORY
Cookie by Shance Lacy Hensley
Cutter & Razz by Chris A. Jackson
The Girl’s Best Friend Matter by Bobby Nash
Pure History by George Ivanoff
The Queen Slayer by Jean Rabe

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
Battletech: Rogue Academy - Iron Dawn by Jennifer Brozek
Halo: Battle Born by Cassandra Rose Clarke
The Lucy Wilson Mysteries: The Midnight People by John Peel
Warhammer Adventures: Attack of the Necron by Cavan Scott
Warhammer Adventures: City of Lifestone by Tom Huddleston

HT: Jonathan Maberry

Scribe Award Nominees

Seems I missed the official announcement of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers' Scribe Award Nominees. Thanks to J. Kingston Pierce of The Rap Sheet for enlightening me. Of interest to mystery readers:

Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: Fatal Prescription, by Michael A. Black (Gold Eagle)
The Will to Kill, by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (Titan)
Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet, by Reed Farrel Coleman (Putnam)

To read all the nominations in all categories, go Here.

The Scribe Award winners will be announced in July, at the San Diego Comic-Con International.

2017 Scribe Award Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers announced the nominees for the 2017 Scribe Awards. These prizes are intended to “honor licensed (published) works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. These include original works set in established universes, and adaptations of stories that have appeared in other formats and that cross all genres.” Among the five categories of Scribe nominees are these of interest to mystery readers:

Adapted—General and Speculative:
• Assassin’s Creed, by Christie Golden
• Road to Perdition, by Max Allan Collins
• Suicide Squad, by Marv Wolfman

General Original:
• 24: Trial by Fire, by Dayton Ward
• Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: Missile Intercept, by Michael Black
• Murder Never Knocks, by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
• Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn, by Ace Atkins
• Tom Clancy’s True Faith and Allegiance, by Mark Greaney

Winners will be announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego, (July 20-23).




Hat Tip: The Rap Sheet

2016 Scribe Award Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced the nominees for the 2016 Scribe Awards. This award honors “licensed works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books.” The list includes works in many different genres, so be sure and check out the entire list. Here are four for Best Original Novel—General Prize that are crime-fiction related:


Also nominated:
Elementary: The Ghost Line by Adam Christopher (Titan)
Kill Me, Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (Titan)
Don Pendleton’s Mack Bolan: Desert Falcons by Michael A. Black (Gold Eagle)
24: Rogue by David Mack (Forge)

HT: The Rap Sheet

SCRIBE AWARDS

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers Awards announced the Ninth Annual Scribe Award Winners  - 2015 (for works written in 2014).

Acknowledging excellence in this very competitive field, IAMTW's Scribe Awards honor licensed works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. They include original works set in established universes, and adaptations of stories that have appeared in other formats and cross all genres.

BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL
Homeland: Saul’s Game by Andrew Kaplan

BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – SPECULATIVE
Pathfinder: The Redemption Engine by James Sutter
Fringe: Sins of the Father by Christa Faust

ADAPTED NOVEL – GENERAL AND SPECULATIVE
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Alex Irvine

YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES, ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED
Battletech: The Nellus Academy Incident by Jennifer Brozak

SHORT STORIES
Mike Hammer: It's in the Book by Max Collins and Mickey Spillane

AUDIO
Doctor Who: Iterations of I by John Dorney

See all the nominees HERE.

HT: Lee Goldberg

Scribe Award Nominations: International Association of Media Tie-In Writers

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced
the Scribe Award Nominees for 2015.

Acknowledging excellence in this very competitive field, IAMTW's Scribe Awards honor licensed works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. They include original works set in established universes, and adaptations of stories that have appeared in other formats and cross all genres.

The Scribe Award winners will be announced at ComicCon San Diego in July.

BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL

24: *Deadline* by James Swallow
Murder She Wrote: *Death of a Blue Blood* by Don Bain
Mike Hammer: *King of the Weeds* by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
Homeland: *Saul’s Game* by Andrew Kaplan
The Killing: *Uncommon Denominator* by Karen Dionne

BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – SPECULATIVE

Sleepy Hollow: *Children of the Revolution* by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Grimm: *Chopping Block* by John Passarella
Star Trek: *Disavowed* by David Mack
Star Trek: *Foul Deeds Will Rise* by Greg Cox
Grimm: *The Killing Time* by Tim Waggoner
Pathfinder: *The Redemption Engine* by James Sutter
Fringe: *Sins of the Father* by Christa Faust

ADAPTED NOVEL – GENERAL AND SPECULATIVE

*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* by Alex Irvine
*Noah* by Mark Morris
*War of the Worlds: Goliath* by Adam Whitlach

YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES, ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED

Spirit Animals: *Blood Ties* by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Battletech: *The Nellus Academy Incident* by Jennifer Brozak
*Penguins of Madagascar *by Tracey West

SHORT STORIES

Pathfinder: *Hunter's Folly* by Josh Vogt
Mike Hammer: *It's in the Book* by Max Collins and Mickey Spillane
Stargate: *Perceptions* by Diana Botsford
Pathfinder: *Queen Sacrifice* by Steven Savile
Tales of Valdemar: *Written in the Wind* by Jennifer Brozek

AUDIO

Dark Shadows: *The Darkest Shadow* by Nev Fountain
Dark Shadows: *The Devil Cat* by Mark Thomas Passmore
Blake’s 7: *Fortuitis* by George Mann
Doctor Who: *Iterations* of I by John Dorney
Pathfinder Legends: *The Skinsaw Murders* by Cavan Scott

HT: Lee Goldberg

2013 Scribe Awards Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced its nominees for the 2013 Scribe Awards “for excellence in media tie-in writing.”

Original Novel Nominees:
• Star Trek: The Rings of Time, by Greg Cox (Pocket)
• Star Trek: Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory, by David Mack (Pocket)
• Pathfinder Tales: City of the Fallen Sky, by Tim Pratt (Paizo)
• Dungeons and Dragons Online: Skein of Shadow, by Marsheila Rockwell (Wizards of the Coast)
• Darksiders: The Abomination Vault, by Ari Marmell (Del Rey)
• Lady, Go Die!, by Mikey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (Titan)
• Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling Shadows, by Robert Jeschonek (Fantasy Flight Games)

Adapted Novel Nominees:
• Batman: The Dark Knight Legend, by Stacia Deutsch (HarperFestival)
• Clockwork Angels, by Kevin J. Anderson (ECW Press)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, by Greg Cox (Titan)
• Poptropica: Astroknights Island, by Tracey West (Poptropica)

Audio Nominees:
• Dark Shadows: The Eternal Actress, by Nev Fountain
(Big Finish Productions
• Dark Shadows: Dress Me in Dark Dreams, by Marty Ross
(Big Finish Productions)
• Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: Project Nirvana, by Cavan Scott (Big Finish Productions)

The winners in each category will be announced during a ceremony at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, July 18-21.

Hat Tip: The Rap Sheet