The winners of the 2025 International Association of Media Tie-In Writers Scribe Awards were announced at San Diego Comic Con: among them, Tim Foley, David Mack and Una McCormack.
Since its founding in 2006, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) has advocated for the authors who work across the broad spectrum of publications comprising the field of media tie-in writing, be it novels, short fiction, audio dramas, and graphic novels.
This year’s fine crop of winners and nominees for work published during 2024 includes a number of creators I’ve had the pleasure of working with in recent years, including Una McCormack, who has won the award for Best Original Novel, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Asylum.
I am particularly thrilled for author David Mack, who is joint winner in the Short Story category, for his story about Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wesley Crusher, “Family History”, which ran in the final issue of Titan’s Star Trek Explorer magazine, which I edited, illustrated by Pete Wallbank. (Titan has yet to announce a collection that will include this adventure).
Each year, the IAMTW sponsors the Scribe Awards as a way to recognise noteworthy accomplishments by those who craft new tales within the “expanded universe” of movie, television, gaming, and even literary franchises. This year’s awards include seven categories to highlight excellence in this often misunderstood or simply overlooked corner of storytelling.
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.
Here’s the full list of winners and nominees, several British creators on the list. Congratulations to both winners and nominees, and especially 2024 Grandmaster, Faust Award Recipient James Reasoner.
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry announced the winners and presented the awards on Friday, 25th July 2025 at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Best Adapted Novel
(Novel based on a screenplay or teleplay)
WINNER: Terrifier 2: The Official Novelisation by Tim Waggoner
Also Nominated:
Doctor Who: 73 Yards by Scott Handcock
Doctor Who: Cwej: Requiem by James Hornby
Doctor Strange: Dimension War by James Lovegrove
The Racoons: Blast from the Past! by Chris McGuire
Best Audio Drama
(Links in this section to Big Finish)
WINNER: Doctor Who: Archipelago by Tim Foley
Also Nominated:
Doctor Who: Nowhere Never by Katherine Armitage
Doctor Who: The Krillitane Flint by John Dorney
Doctor Who: Cass-Cade by James Moran
Star Cops: Blood Moon 2, Part One – A Cage of Sky by James Swallow
Best Graphic Novel
WINNER: Alex Rider: Snakehead by Antony Johnston & Amrit Birdi
Also Nominated:
Rick & Morty: Wrath of Beth by Jake Black
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness – The Beginning by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Wheel of Time by Rik Hoskin
Godzilla vs. Cthulu by Jonathan Maberry (CMON website link)
Dark Souls: The Willow King by George Mann
Best Original Novel – General Fiction
WINNER: Legend of the Five Rings: A Bitter Taste – A Daidoji Shin Mystery by Josh Reynolds
Also Nominated:
Shadowrun: Off Beat by Marie Bilodeau
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Terrie Farley Moran
PlanetQuest: Quantum Paradox by Justin Sloan
Best Original Novel – Speculative Fiction
WINNER: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Asylum by Una McCormack
Also Nominated:
Runescape: The Gift of Guthix by Erin M. Evans
Arkham Horror: The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway by Carrie Harris
Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller
Firefly: Aim to Misbehave by Rosiee Thor
Best Original Novel – Young Adult / Middle Grade
WINNER: Disney Fairies: Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft
Also Nominated:
Doctor Who: Down in the London Underground by George Ivanoff (cover by Martin Baines, Candy Jar Books shop link)
Star Wars: The High Republic – Tears of the Nameless by George Mann
The Raccoons: The One That Got Away by Iain McLaughlin
Disney’s Cinderella: Prince of Glass and Midnight by Linsey Miller
Life is Strange: Heatwaves by Brittney Morris
Best Short Story
JOINT WINNERS: Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Family History” by David Mack and World of Warcraft: “The Lilac and the Stone” by Catherynne Valente
Also Nominated:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker – “The Tomorrow Ghost” by Robert Jeschonek
Remo Williams, The Destroyer: “O’ Deadly Deathtrap” by Bobby Nash (cover by Martin Baines, also available direct from the publisher here)
Mythago Wood: “Here There Be Monsters” by Tim Waggoner
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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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International Association of Media Tie-In Writers’ 2024 Scribe Award winners announced 
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