Scribe Award Winners!

iamtw It’s that time of year again!

Even without San Diego Comic-Con to provide a venue for the festivities this time around, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers was still able to convene and review submissions for its annual Scribe Awards. The Scribes celebrate excellence in the field of writing licensed works that tie into other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. They include original works set in established universes as well as adaptations of stories that have appeared in these other formats. They appear in every genre from mainstream police procedurals to science fiction, fantasy, and horror to romance.

I don’t need to waste any more time ramping up for this. Instead, I’m totally taking the email sent out by IAMTW president and all-around awesome dude, Jonathan Maberry, and providing it here. The list of nominees and winners includes several people I’m proud to call friends and colleagues, so without further ado:

From Jonathan Maberry, IAMTW President:

I am delighted to announced the nominees and WINNERS of the 2019 SCRIBE AWARDS, presented by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (www.iamtw.org):

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

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

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

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

ORIGINAL NOVEL SPECULATIVE
**WINNER TIE: Batman, The Court of Owls by Greg Cox
**WINNER TIE: Star Trek TNG, Collateral Damage by David Mack
Firefly, The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove
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
**WINNER Tales of Basil and Meobis Fresh Hells: “Cutter & Razz” by Chris A. Jackson
Deadlands Straight Outta of Tombstone: “Cookie” by Shane Lacy Hensley
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: “The Girl’s Best Friend Matter” by Bobby Nash
Lethbridge-Stewart, the HAVOC Files: “Pure History” by George Ivanoff
Dragonband, Women of the Crystal Coast: “The Queen Slayer” by Jean Rabe
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: “The Girl’s Best Friend Matter” by Bobby Nash
Lethbridge-Stewart, the HAVOC Files: “Pure History” by George Ivanoff
Dragonband, Women of the Crystal Coast: “The Queen Slayer” by Jean Rabe

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
**WINNER Warhammer Adventures: Attack of the Necron by Cavan Scott
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: City of Lifestone by Tom Huddleston