Scribe Awards Nominees Named

Posted on 00:45, March 8th, 2007 by Matt Forbeck

The IAMTW has named the nominees for its inaugural set of Scribe Awards. See the full list after the cut. Sharp-eyed readers may notice that my Prophecy of the Dragon snagged an award for Best Young Adult Novel.

Also, Steve Sullivan, one of my fellow Alliterates, has a novel up for the same award. My pal Jeff Mariotte has novels up for two awards: Best Speculative Fiction Original Novel and Best General Fiction Original Novel. Several of my fellow Black Library authors—Steven Savile, Nathan Long, James Swallow, and Christa Faust—picked up nods too, as did my friend Alice Henderson.

Congratulations to all the nominees! Here’s to learning about the winners at this year’s Comic-Con.

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce the nominees for the first annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2006.

Our first annual GRANDMASTER AWARD, honoring career achievement in the field, will go to DONALD BAIN, author of the MURDER SHE WROTE novels and the ghostwriter behind COFFEE, TEA OR ME and other bestsellers.

The 2007 Scribe awards will be given out at a ceremony in late July at Comic-Con in San Diego. The details on the event, and how to attend, will be announced in the near future. Congratulations to all our nominees and special thanks to all our judges for their time, dedication and hard work!

SPECULATIVE FICTION

BEST NOVEL – ADAPTED

SLAINE: THE EXILE by Stephen Savile
SUPERMAN RETURNS by Marv Wolfman
TOXIC AVENGER: THE NOVEL by Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke
ULTRAVIOLET by Yvonne Navarro
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION by Greg Cox

BEST NOVEL – ORIGINAL

STAR TREK CRUCIBLE: McCOY – PROVENANCE OF SHADOWS by David R. George III
STARGATE ATLANTIS: EXOGENESIS by Elizabeth Christensen & Sonny Whitelaw
THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT: RUMORS OF THE UNDEAD by Jeff Mariotte & Steve Niles
WARHAMMER: FAITH AND FIRE by James Swallow
WARHAMMER: ORC SLAYER by Nathan Long

GENERAL FICTION

BEST NOVEL – ADAPTED

SNAKES ON A PLANE by Christa Faust
THE PINK PANTHER by Max Allan Collins

BEST NOVEL – ORIGINAL

CSI NEW YORK: BLOOD ON THE SUN by Stuart Kaminsky
LAS VEGAS: HIGH STAKES by Jeff Mariotte
MR. MONK GOES TO HAWAII by Lee Goldberg
OAKDALE CONFIDENTIAL: SECRETS REVEALED by Alina Adams

YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES

BEST NOVEL

ALIAS APO: STRATEGIC RESERVE by Christina York
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: PORTAL THROUGH TIME by Alice Henderson
DRAGONLANCE: WARRIOR’S HEART by Stephen Sullivan
KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER DRAGON: PROPHECY OF THE DRAGONS by Matt Forbeck

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6 Responses to “Scribe Awards Nominees Named”

Don on March 8th, 2007 at 11:44 am

Congrats on the nomination, Matt!

Matt Forbeck on March 8th, 2007 at 12:39 pm

Thanks, Don! I’ll note, though, I don’t think there were many submissions in the YA category.

Christian Johnson on March 8th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

I definitely think that Prophecy would have deserved the nomination even if there were more submissions. Not to sound like I am being overly critical, but I have noticed marked (no pun intended) improvement in your Tie In books last year. I liked “Marked for Death,” but it felt a little repetitious. Road to Death and Queen were much better, as were your final two Silver Dragon books. The first Silver Dragon book set the milieu, but the final two made me mourn the end of the series.

Matt Forbeck on March 8th, 2007 at 9:29 pm

Thanks, Christian! I think I learned a lot about how to write novels over the past few years, and I’m glad to hear that it shows.