2011 Scribe Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2011 Scribe Awards (the fifth iteration of this award), presented by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (IAMTW), have been announced. The Scribe Awards “acknowledge and celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in writing—novels based on TV shows, movies, and games.” The winners will be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con in July.
The IAMTW has also named a Grandmaster Award recipient. “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 Peter David, “who has worked in television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories, and comic books. He’s the acclaimed author of over fifty novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers. His extraordinarily prolific output of consistently excellent books includes two dozen original Star Trek novels, three Babylon 5 novels and novelizations of such major motion pictures as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and The Hulk.
“David is also one of the most successful and acclaimed comic book scripters in the business with popular runs on such titles as Supergirl, Star Trek, Wolverine and, in particular, his work on The Incredible Hulk franchise (in comics as well as books). His many awards include the prestigious Will Eisner Comic Industry Award. He lives in New York with his wife Kathleen and their children.”
This year’s nominees for the other awards are:
Best Novel (General Fiction):
CSI: Shock Treatment by Greg Cox
Burn Notice: The Giveaway by Tod Goldberg
Mike Hammer: The Big Bang by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen’s Jewels by Donald Bain
Psych: The Call of the Mild by William Rabkin
Saving Grace: Tough Love by Nancy Holder
Best Novel (Speculative Fiction):
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon by Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb
Star Trek: Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire by David Mack
Star Wars: Force Unleashed II by Sean Williams
Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Warhammer: Bloodborn: Ulrika the Vampire by Nathan Long
Best Adaptation:
Final Crisis by Greg Cox
God of War by Matthew Stover & Robert E. Vardeman
The Wolfman by Jonathan Maberry
Best Young Adult:
Alpha & Omega: The Junior Novel by Aaron Rosenberg
Dungeons & Dragons: Aldwyn’s Academy by Nathan Meyer
Thunderbirds: Situation Critical by Joan Marie Verba