Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swallow)

[Defcon]

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced their list of nominees for their Scribe Award, among them several Trek Alumni:

David Mack, Greg Cox, Keith R.A. DeCandido and James Swallow

The Ninth Annual Scribe Awards


The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce the Scribe Award Nominees for 2015.



Acknowledging excellence in this very competitive field, IAMTW’s Scribe Awards honor licensed works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. They include original works set in established universes, and adaptations of stories that have appeared in other formats and cross all genres. Tie-in works run the gamut from westerns to mysteries to procedurals, from science fiction to fantasy to horror, from action and adventure to superheroes. Gunsmoke, Ghost Whisperer, CSI, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shadowrun, Underworld, Man from UNCLE, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, these represent just a few.



The Scribe Award winners will be announced at ComicCon San Diego in July. The exact day, time and location of the Scribes Panel including the award ceremony will be announced shortly.


IAMTW congratulates the following nominees:


BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL

24: Deadline by James Swallow
Murder She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood by Don Bain
Mike Hammer: King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
Homeland: Saul’s Game by Andrew Kaplan
The Killing: Uncommon Denominator by Karen Dionne




BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – SPECULATIVE

Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Grimm: Chopping Block by John Passarella
Star Trek: Disavowed by David Mack
Star Trek: Foul Deeds Will Rise by Greg Cox
Grimm: The Killing Time by Tim Waggoner
Pathfinder: The Redemption Engine by James Sutter
Fringe: Sins of the Father by Christa Faust




ADAPTED NOVEL – GENERAL AND SPECULATIVE

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Alex Irvine
Noah by Mark Morris
War of the Worlds: Goliath by Adam Whitlach




YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES, ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED

Spirit Animals: Blood Ties by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Battletech: The Nellus Academy Incident by Jennifer Brozak
Penguins of Madagascar by Tracey West




SHORT STORIES

Pathfinder: Hunter’s Folly by Josh Vogt
Mike Hammer: It’s in the Book by Max Collins and Mickey Spillane
Stargate: Perceptions by Diana Botsford
Pathfinder: Queen Sacrifice by Steven Savile
Tales of Valdemar: Written in the Wind by Jennifer Brozek




AUDIO

Dark Shadows: The Darkest Shadow by Nev Fountain
Dark Shadows: The Devil Cat by Mark Thomas Passmore
Blake’s 7: Fortuitis by George Mann
Doctor Who: Iterations of I by John Dorney
Pathfinder Legends: The Skinsaw Murders by Cavan Scott

Congratualtions on the nominations David, Keith, Greg and James.

 

[Christopher]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Is this something you have to belong to the IAMTW in order to get nominated for? Or that you have to submit your work to for consideration?

 

[Defcon]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/how-to-enter-the-scribe-awards/

 

[DaveGalanter]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Congrats to them all!

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Christopher,

As noted in the link Defcon provided, one has to submit works for Scribe Awards consideration. There is no submission fee, but one does have to send a copy to the organization as well as to the respective category's four judges. (I, for one, grew tired of sacrificing five of my author's copies, so I had the editors and PR department at S&S submit Disavowed on my behalf).

 

[Christopher]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

When do the nominations open for next year?

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Works can be submitted throughout the year. Any eligible work published with a 2015 copyright date can be submitted until the end of January 2016 (but they prefer to receive works as soon as is realistically feasible). If you have works out this year that you want to have considered for next year, send them in whenever you're ready.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Note that you're only allowed to submit one book in each category. So if you wrote two or more "Speculative" tie-ins in one year, you'd have to pick which one to submit. Ditto if you wrote more than novelization or YA tie-in or whatever.

You can, however, submit more than one book if they're in different categories. (And each category has its own jury.)

In years gone by, I've been known to submit a CSI book in the mainstream category, a Trek novel in the speculative category, and a movie novelization in the adaptation category!

 

[Defcon]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

In years gone by, I've been known to submit a CSI book in the mainstream category, a Trek novel in the speculative category, and a movie novelization in the adaptation category!

No wonder you have the most nominations of all (14).

By the way, Keith has some interesting stats about the award on his blog.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

In years gone by, I've been known to submit a CSI book in the mainstream category, a Trek novel in the speculative category, and a movie novelization in the adaptation category!

No wonder you have the most nominations of all (14).

By the way, Keith has some interesting stats about the award on his blog.

I have the most nominations? I had no idea, I swear!

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Because almost all my tie-ins have been speculative fiction, and because I don't write adaptations, I've previously never been able to submit more than one book per year for consideration. This year will be the first exception — I plan on submitting Star Trek: Seekers #3 – Long Shot in the Best Novel (Speculative) category, and 24: Rogue in the Best Novel (Original) category.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Whereas, oddly enough, I've never actually won for a Star Trek book and two of my wins were in the General Fiction category: once for a CSI book and once for a LEVERAGE book

(The third was for a TERMINATOR novel.)

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Only one Star Trek novel has ever won the Scribes Best Novel, Speculative category — Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow.

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Nice new avatar, David Mack. I've already pre-ordered your 24 novel and I'm excited to read how you handle one of Jack Bauer's days-from-hell.

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

^ Gracias. I had a blast writing a Jack Bauer adventure — it's been one of the projects on my tie-in wish list for years. Now I just need to score an Indiana Jones novel and a James Bond novel, and maybe a Star Wars book.

 

[JD]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Congrats to all of the nominees. Sadly I haven't read any of those books yet.

 

[Avro Arrow]

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Congratulations to the nominees!

(Some of those series I didn't even realize had tie-in fiction, so I'm going to have to search them out...)

I had a blast writing a Jack Bauer adventure — it's been one of the projects on my tie-in wish list for years.

I'm not sure how this is the first I'm hearing of this, but David Mack writing 24? Count me in!

 

[David Mack]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

I'm not sure how this is the first I'm hearing of this, but David Mack writing 24? Count me in!

The book comes out on September 8, 2015 — but I encourage everyone to preorder copies for themselves and for friends; it will make a lovely holiday gift for the 24 fans in your life…

 

[James Swallow]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced their list of nominees for their Scribe Award, among them several Trek Alumni:
Congratualtions on the nominations David, Keith, Greg and James.

Thanks!

Only one Star Trek novel has ever won the Scribes Best Novel, Speculative category — Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow.

Huh. I didn't realize that...

I had a blast writing a Jack Bauer adventure — it's been one of the projects on my tie-in wish list for years. Now I just need to score an Indiana Jones novel and a James Bond novel, and maybe a Star Wars book.

Ditto! It doesn't surprise me at all that you and I have very similar things on our author bucket lists, Dave...

 

[Etoile]

Re: Several Trek Alumni nominated for Scribe Award (KRAD,Mack,Cox,Swal

Star Trek novels have been nominated for Scribes eight times. Two each: Mack, DeCandido. One each: Cox, Ward, Swallow, George. All were for Speculative-Original, with the exception of the 2013 awards which doesn't seem to have differentiated between Speculative and General.

Though of course most of the Fausts have gone to noted Trek authors - Diane Duane, A.C. Crispin, Peter David, Keith DeCandido, and Alan Dean Foster.