2021 Scribe Award Winners

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (IAMTW) announced the winners for the 2021 Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing. Winners and nominees of genre interest follow.

Original Novel — Speculative

  • WINNER: Star Trek Discovery: Die Standing, John Jackson Miller (Gallery)
  • Marvel’s Avengers: The Extinction Key, Greg Keyes (Titan)
  • Firefly: The Ghost Machine, James Lovegrove (Titan)
  • Star Trek: More Beautiful Than Death, David Mack (Gallery)
  • Star Trek: Agents of Influence, Dayton Ward (Gallery)

Adapted Novel — General & Speculative

  • WINNER: Day Zero, James Swallow & Josh Reynolds (Aconyte)
  • The Rise of Skywalker, Rae Carson (Del Rey)
  • Mindgame, David J. Howe (Telos)

Graphic Novel

  • WINNER: Blade Runner, Michael Green & Mike Johnson (Titan)
  • Two Doctors, Jody Houser (Titan)
  • Darth Vader Volume 1: Dark Heart of the Sith, Greg Pak (Marvel)
  • Horizon Zero Dawn, Anne Toole (Titan)
  • Life is Strange, Emma Vieceli (Titan)

Audio Drama

  • WINNER (tie): Out of Time, Matt Fitton (Big Finish)
  • WINNER (tie): Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4, Tim Foley (Big Finish)
  • The Enemy of My Enemy, Tracey Ann Baines (Big Finish)
  • Torchwood: Save Our Souls, Scott Handcock (Big Finish)
  • He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, Carrie Thompson (Big Finish)

Young Adult / Middle Grade

  • WINNER: The Rise of Skywalker, Michael Kogge (Disney Lucasfilm)
  • The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel, Sheela Chari (Walker)
  • The Rise of the Archer-Illager, Matt Forbeck (Del Rey)
  • Liberty & Justice for All, Carrie Harris (Aconyte)

Short Story

  • WINNER (tie): Stone by Stone, Christie Golden (Blizzard)
  • WINNER (tie): “Useful Parasites”, M.K. Hutchins (Tales from the Crucible)
  • “A View from Olympus”, Gareth Hanrahan (No Good Men)
  • “Extermination Examination”, Robbie MacNiven (Tales from the Crucible)
  • “Scritch, Scratch”, Monica Valentinelli (Haunting Shadows)

Max Allan Collins is the 2021 Grandmaster, and executive vice president D.J. Stevenson received the first IAMTW Service Award.

For more information, see the IAMTW website.


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