The nominees for the 2012 Scribe Awards (the sixth 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. IAMTW co-founders Lee Goldberg and Max Allan Collins announced author Kevin J. Anderson as this year’s Grandmaster for his lifetime achievement in the field. “Anderson is the author of more than one hundred novels, adding up to over 20 million books in print in thirty languages. His work includes the Star Wars “Jedi Academy” books, three internationally bestselling X-Files hardcovers, the Superman novels The Last Days of Krypton and Enemies & Allies, many novelizations (Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, etc.) and, of course, the ten globally bestselling Dune novels he has co-authored with Brian Herbert.
“He has won or been nominated for numerous prestigious honors, including the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and a New York Times Notable Book prize… and now he can add IAMTW Grandmaster to the list of his extraordinary achievements.”
This year’s nominees for the other awards are:
Speculative Fiction / Best Original Novel:
Star Wars: Knight Errant by John Jackson Miller
Dungeons & Dragons—Forgotten Realms: Brimstone Angels by Erin M. Evans
Supernatural: Coyote’s Kiss by Christa Faust
Dungeons and Dragons: The Shard Axe by Marshiela Rockwell
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin
General Fiction / Best Original Novel:
Royal Pains: First Do No Harm D.P. Lyle
Mike Hammer: Kiss Her Goodbye by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
Burn Notice: The Bad Beat by Tod Goldberg
Best Adaptation / General or Speculative:
Conan the Barbarian by Michael Stackpole
Crysis Legion by Peter Watts
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon by Peter David
Cowboys & Aliens by Joan D. Vinge
Best Young Adult:
Me & My Monsters: Monster Manners by Rory Growler (Ian Pike)
The Smurfs movie tie-in by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Thunderbirds: Extreme Hazard by Joan Marie Verba
Best Audio:
Mike Hammer: Encore for Murder by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
Dark Shadows: The Lost Girl by D. Lynn Smith
Highlander: All the Kings Horses by Scott Andrews
Doctor Who: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant by Cavan Scott & Mark Wright