The winners of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers’ 2024 Scribe Award were announced at San Diego Comic Con this weekend – Doctor Who and Star Trek tie-in writers among them.
The IAMTW is dedicated to enhancing the professional and public image of tie-in writers, working with the media to review tie-in novels and publicise their authors, educating people about who the writers are, and what they do – and providing a forum for tie-in writers to share information, support one another, and discuss issues relating to the field. Its members include authors active in many other professional writer organisation and who share their unique perspectives with their fellow tie-in writers.
With the annual Scribe Awards, the IAMTW celebrates and honours 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 licenses run the gamut from James Bond to Jessica Fletcher, from Star Wars to Star Trek, to everything in the Marvel and DC universes, and much more.
The winners were named at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday 26th July, during the Scribe Awards and Media Tie-In Panel.
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Adapted Novel – General or Speculative
Winner: Ultraman by Pat Cadigan
An exciting modern adaptation of the original 1960s Ultraman, bringing the classic era of the iconic Japanese superhero to established fans and newcomers alike.
Pursuing a fugitive space monster, a Being of Light enters Earth’s atmosphere. Accidentally colliding with a patrolling jet, piloted by Science Patrol Agent Shin Hayata, the Being merges with the pilot to save his life and vows to defend the Earth.
Now whenever the planet is threatened by alien invaders, terrifying monsters or any threat beyond the capabilities of humanity, Shin Hayata transforms into the towering Ultraman to restore peace and save the day.
Other Nominees:
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Daughter of No One by Maria Lewis
• Secret Invasion by Paul Cornell
• Marvel Wastelanders: Star-Lord by Sarah Cawkwell
Audio Drama
Winner: Doctor Who – Sins of the Flesh by Alfie Shaw
Available on the release, The Eleventh Doctor: Everywhere and Anywhere
Travelling in the TARDIS is filled with unimaginable delights. You can visit every wonder in the universe, meet the founders of a civilisation in the morning and their descendants in the afternoon. You get to witness the best of everything history has to offer. However, when you can go everywhere and anywhere, you also see the dark side of the universe. The cruelty and the hatred and the violence. The worst the universe has to offer must be fought. That’s what the Doctor and Valarie do. They hold back the darkness, whatever the cost.
Other Nominees:
• 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 Spirit of the Season by Georgia Cook
Graphic Novel
Winner: The Mighty Nein Origins: Critical Role by Jody Houser
Vox Machina Origins writer Jody Houser joins fan-favourite artist Selina Espiritu, and Matthew Mercer and Liam O’Brian to reveal Caleb’s troubled past. A fire can keep you warm… or it can consume you. When Bren Aldric Ermendrud was chosen to attend the Soltryce Academy, everyone knew he would have an important future in service to the Empire. But nobody – least of all Bren himself – could foresee the cruelty he endured, and the ways in which it would break and remake him. Witness the events that transform Bren into the Mighty Nein’s Caleb Widogast, and how they’ll inform the path he’ll take in the future.
Other Nominees
• The Expanse Dragontooth by Andy Diggle
• Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares Volume 3: Forbidden Song by Rik Hoskin
• Skull and Bones – The Savage Storm by John Jackson Miller and James Mishler
• Star Wars – The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror by George Mann
Original Novel – General
Winner: Legend of the Five Rings: Three Oaths by Josh Reynolds
Other Nominees:
• Murder She Wrote: Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran
• Watch Dogs Legion: Cold Reboot by Robbie MacNiven
Original Novel – Speculative
Winner: Star Trek: Picard – Firewall by David Mack
Two years after the U.S.S. Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet… and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers. The Rangers seem like an ideal fit for Seven – but to embrace this new destiny, she must leave behind all she’s ever known, and risk losing the most important thing in her life: her friendship with Admiral Kathryn Janeway.
Other Nominees:
• Assassin’s Creed: The Resurrection Plot by Kate Heartfield
• Marvel’s Zombies: The Hunger by Marsheila Rockwell
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko by Derek Tyler Attico
• Star Wars – The Eye of Darkness by George Mann
Short Story
Winner: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Lost and Founder” by David Mack – commissioned for Star Trek Explorer magazine, frontispiece illustration by Pete Wallbank
Other Nominees:
• Unioverse “Singing a Deeper Song” by Tim Waggoner
• Warhammer 40,000 “A Forbidden Meal” by Carrie Harris
• Valdemar “Needs Must When Evil Bides” by Jennifer Brozek
• Diablo “The Toll of Darkness and Light” by Jonathan Mayberry
• Kolchak the Nightstalker “The Touch of Silk” by Deborah Daughetee
• Star Trek: Discovery “Work Worth Doing” by Keith R.A. Candido – commissioned for Star Trek Explorer magazine, frontispiece illustration by Louis de Martinis
The collection, Star Trek Explorer: A Year to the Day That I Saw Myself Die and Other Stories includes both nominated short stories and is available from 1st October 2024 | Hardcover | ISBN 978-1787739642 | 96 Pages | Preorder it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) | Amazon.com | Bookshop.org.uk (Affiliate Link) | Forbidden Planet (Affiliate Link)
Young Adult / Middle Grade
Winner: Shadowrun: Auditions by Jennifer Brozek
Fixer BlotterBabe must have exactly the right actors for a production that requires very specialized talent. The actors must not only be skilled, they need to have the right attitude and an ability to adapt to extraordinary circumstances.
A Kiss to Die For: Kintsugi and Sartorial choose love over duty, but their respective families will do everything in their considerable power to stop them from being together.
See How She Runs: Terrapin witnesses a murder and is handed a package destined for some important and lethal people. Now she is running for her life.
Unrepairable: Landon and Liana love vexing megacorps for fun and profit with their Matrix show. Unfortunately, the megacorps always play dirty, and will do whatever’s required to shut them down for good.
The Kilimanjaro Run: Charlotte, Neema, and Elijah embark on an unexpected adventure that turns into a nightmare when they discover nothing is what it seems. They are left with no choice at all when choosing between the abhorrent and the right thing to do.
FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS RUN OF ALL…
Having auditioned thousands, BlotterBabe is out of time. It’s come down to these few teenagers. Either they will save the day or lose it all…
Other Nominees:
• 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
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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