IAMTW--More TrekLit award nominees, and a Grandmaster

[TerriO]

I'm surprised as hell nobody's posted this yet. I'm only putting the novels up, since this is TrekLit. Lots of familiar names here.

Scribe Award Nominees
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce this year's nominees for the 2009 Scribe Awards, which honor excellence in licensed tie-in writing novels based on TV shows, movies, and games. The nominees for this year's awards are:

Best General Fiction Original

BURN NOTICE: THE FIX by Tod Goldberg
CRIMINAL MINDS: FINISHING SCHOOL by Max Allan Collins
CSI: HEADHUNTER by Greg Cox

Best General Fiction Adapted

DEATH DEFYING ACTS by Greg Cox
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL by James Rollins
THE TUDORS: KING TAKES QUEEN by Elizabeth Massie
THE WACKNESS by Dale C. Phillips
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE by Max Allan Collins

Best Speculative Fiction Original

GHOST WHISPERER: REVENGE by Doranna Durgin
RAVENLOFT: THE COVENANT, HEAVEN'S BONES by Samantha Henderson
STARGATE SG-1: HYDRA by Holly Scott & Jamie Duncan
STAR TREK: TEROK NOR, DAY OF THE VIPERS by James Swallow

Best Speculative Fiction Adapted

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY by Bob Greenberger
THE MUTANT CHRONICLES by Matt Forbeck
STAR WARS - THE CLONE WARS: WILD SPACE by Karen Miller
UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS by Greg Cox

Best Young Adult Original

DR. WHO: THE EYELESS by Lance Parkin
PRIMEVAL: SHADOW OF THE JAGUAR by Steven Savile
DISNEY CLUB PENGUIN: STOWAWAY! ADVENTURES AT SEA by Tracey West

Best Young Adult Adapted

IRON MAN: THE JUNIOR NOVEL by Stephen D. Sullivan
THE DARK KNIGHT: THE JUNIOR NOVEL by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohen
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D by Tracey West

The highest honor the IAMTW can bestow is the Grandmaster Award, which recognizes a writer for his or her extensive and exceptional work in the tie-in field. This year's honoree is KEITH R.A. DeCANDIDO. He has written over thirty novels, most of them original tie-ins or novelizations. His work includes many Star Trek novels, as well as original books in the CSI: NY and Supernatural tie-in series, to name just a few.

The Third Annual Scribes will be awarded at a special ceremony at Comic-Con in San Diego July 23-29. (Specific date and time to be announced)


For more information about the IAMTW (I AM a Tie-in Writer), please visit our site at www.iamtw.org

My congratulations to all of my fellow scribes on the list, and thanks for the challenge of keeping Keith's ego in check after this one...I think?

 

[shanejayell]

Congrats to all of them listed!

 

[Trent Roman]

Congrats to Keith on his grandmastery and the others for their nominations (three, Greg? Why don't you leave some for other people, eh? ). I can't say I've read most of these, but I hope Day of the Vipers gets the win in it's category.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[JD]

Wow, congrats and good luck to everybody.

 

[RikerLover]

Congratulations to all!

 

[Kirks_Flying_Wig]

Congrats to all, and I second Trent's comment about Vipers.

 

[JAG]

I third it! Congrats to all.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Congrats!!!

Day of the Vipers was just PHENOMENAL, and Mr. Swallow deserves the win! Is there anywhere where people can vote?

 

[TerriO]

This isn't a vote, I'm afraid. These awards are decided by boards of judges.

 

[Geoff Thorne]

"Grandmaster."

I like it.

Congrats, KRAD. You effin' deserve it.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Congrats to all nominated and to Keith for the honor.

 

[Valin]

Congratulations! It's good to see that the authors of tie-novels are getting the recognition they deserve.

Good luck to all the nominees.

 

[Corran Horn]

Well deserved to all, and big-time kudos to KRAD.

 

[FrontLine]

Congrats KRAD. Well deserved!

 

[KRAD]

Thanks everyone! I'm still a little gobsmacked by this -- I mean, I'm not even 40 yet, and I'm being named a grandmaster??? And honestly, I'm not sure I deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as folks like Donald Bain and Alan Dean Foster (the other two GMs to date).

But I am deeply honored and touched and flattered, and glad that other folks think I do deserve this. So I guess I'll have to accept it.

 

[James Swallow]

Thanks for all the attaboys, much appreciated. As they say, it's an honour to be nominated.

Kudos to Keith for his award - dude, it's all downhill from here...

 

[Aaron McGuire]

Does this mean we have the call him Grandmaster KRAD now?

Anyway, congrats KRAD and good luck to the other nominees. I hope I can drop in on the ceremony at Comic-Con.

Aaron McGuire