IAMTW Announces 2025 Scribe Award Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers unveiled the nominees for this year’s Scribe Awards. Early this year, they announced that prolific tie-in writer Dayton Ward had been named the recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award for the year.

ADAPTED NOVEL

·      Blast from the Past! By Chris McGuire (The Racoons)

·      Cwej: Requiem by James Hornby (Doctor Who)

·      Doctor Who: 73 Yards by Scott Handcock

·      Doctor Strange: Dimension War by James Lovegrove

·      Terrifier 2: The Official Novelization by Tim Waggoner  

AUDIO DRAMA

·      Archipelagio by Tim Foley (Doctor Who)  

·      Cass-Cade by James Moran (Doctor Who)

·      The Krillitane Flint by John Dorney   (Doctor Who)

·      Nowhere Never by Katherine Armitage  (Doctor Who)

·      Star Cops – Blood Moon by James Swallow  

GRAPHIC NOVEL

·      Alex Rider: Snakehead by Antony Johnston    

·      Dark Souls: The Willow King by George Mann  (Dark Souls)

·      Godzilla vs. Cthulu by Jonathan Maberry

·      Infinite Darkness: The Beginning by Keith R.A. DeCandido   (Resident Evil)

·      Wheel of Time by Rik Hoskin 

·      Wrath of Beth by Jake Black (Rick and Morty)

ORIGINAL NOVEL, GENERAL

·      A Bitter Taste: A Daidoji Shin Mystery by Josh Reynolds  (Legend of the Five Rings)  

·      Murder, She Wrote Murder Backstage by Terrie Farley Moran

·      Off Beat (Top Drek 1) by Marie Bilodeau (Shadowrun)

·      Quantum Paradox by Justin Sloan (PlanetQuest A game by Galactic Entertainment)

ORIGINAL NOVEL, SPECULATIVE

·      Arkham Horror: The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway by Carrie Harris

·      Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller

·      Firefly: Aim to Misbehave by Rosiee Thor

·      Runescape: The Gift of Guthix by Erin M. Evans

·      Star Trek – Strange New Worlds: Asylum by Una McCormack  

SHORT STORY

·      “Family History” by David Mack  (Star Trek: The Next Generation)   

·      “Here There Be Monsters” by Tim Waggoner  (The Mythago Wood novels by Robert Holdstock)

·      “The Lilac and the Stone” by  Catherynne Valente          (World of Warcraft)       

·      “O’ Deadly Deathtrap” by Bobby Nash (Remo Williams, The Destroyer: The Adventures Continue)

·      “The Tomorrow Ghost” by Robert Jeschonek  (Kolchak: The Night Stalker)

YA/MG

·      Down in the London Underground by George Ivanoff (Doctor Who)

·      Life is Strange: Heatwaves by Brittney Morris

·      Prince of Glass and Midnight by Linsey Miller (Disney’s Cinderella)

·      The Raccoons: The One That Got Away by Iain McLaughlin

·      Star Wars: The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless by George Mann

·      Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft (Disney Fairies)          

The Awards will be presented tomorrow during the annual IAMTW panel at San Diego Comic-Con at 2 p.m. PST. Each year the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers presents the SCRIBE AWARDS to celebrate outstanding works tied to popular licenses such as novelizations of movies and TV shows, as well as numerous original works set in the worlds of Star Wars, the MCU, the DCU, video games, popular TV shows, and much more. The Awards event at SDCC includes a lively panel discussion with current nominees and past winners. Hosted by The New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, president of the IAMTW.