Scribe nominees announced

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announces the nominees for the first annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2006. The award winners will be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con in July. The first annual GRANDMASTER AWARD, honoring career achievement in the field, will go to DONALD BAIN, author of the MURDER SHE WROTE novels and the ghostwriter behind COFFEE, TEA OR ME and other bestsellers.

SPECULATIVE FICTION • BEST NOVEL – ADAPTED
SLAINE: THE EXILE by Stephen Seville
SUPERMAN RETURNS by Marv Wolfman
TOXIC AVENGER: THE NOVEL by Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke
ULTRAVIOLET by Yvonne Navarro
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION by Greg Cox

SPECULATIVE FICTION • BEST NOVEL – ORIGINAL
STAR TREK CRUCIBLE: McCOY – PROVENANCE OF SHADOWS by David R. George III
STARGATE ATLANTIS: EXOGENESIS by Elizabeth Christensen & Sonny Whitelaw
THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT: RUMORS OF THE UNDEAD by Jeff Mariotte & Steve Niles
WARHAMMER: FAITH AND FIRE by James Swallow
WARHAMMER: ORC SLAYER by Nathan Long

GENERAL FICTION • BEST NOVEL - ADAPTED
SNAKES ON A PLANE by Christa Faust
THE PINK PANTHER by Max Allan Collins

GENERAL FICTION • BEST NOVEL – ORIGINAL
CSI NEW YORK: BLOOD ON THE SUN by Stuart Kaminsky
LAS VEGAS: HIGH STAKES by Jeff Mariotte
MR. MONK GOES TO HAWAII by Lee Goldberg
OAKDALE CONFIDENTIAL: SECRETS REVEALED by Alina Adams

YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES • BEST NOVEL
ALIAS APO: STRATEGIC RESERVE by Christina York
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: PORTAL THROUGH TIME by Alice Henderson
DRAGONLANCE: WARRIOR’S HEART by Stephen Sullivan
KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER DRAGON: PROPHECY OF THE DRAGONS by Matt Forbeck

Congratulations to Jim Swallow, a friend of this blog, who's been nominated for his Warhammer 40K tome Faith and Fire. I didn't submit any of my books for the judges' considertion for two reasons - inertia, and I couldn't choose which one to enter out of Nikolai Dante: Honour Be Damned, Fiends of the Eastern Front: The Blood Red Army and Fiends: Twilight of the Dead. Must get my act together next year. I'll only have two tie-in novels published this year [barring something remarkable happening in the next few months], so that should make the choice easier...