Scribe Awards

The Scribe Awards, established in 2007 by The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW),^[1] "acknowledge and celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in works based on TV shows, movies, and games (video games, computer games, rpgs)".^[2] Where most literary awards are based on the calendar year, the Scribe Awards, since 2020, have an eligibility period based of March to February the following year.^[3]

Scribe Award belonging to Paul Cornell

Awards are given in the following categories:

• Adapted Novel – General or Speculative
• Audio Drama
• Graphic Novel
• Original Novel – General
• Original Novel – Speculative
• Young Adult - Adapted or Original
• Short Story

There is also a Grandmaster position, awarded annually to a writer who has contributed to tie-in writing. This is sometimes referred to as the Faust Award.^[4]

The awards are juried, with the juries being made up of other members of the IAMTW. A different jury is in place for each category. The juries are not published.^{[citation needed]}

Winners and Nominees

Adapted Novel

Best Adapted Novel

Year	Category	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref
2007	Speculative	Marv Wolfman	Superman Returns	DC Comics	Won	[5]
		Steven Savile	Slaine: The Exile	2000 AD	Nominated	[5]
		Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke	Toxic Avenger: The Novel
		Yvonne Navarro	Ultraviolet
		Greg Cox	Underworld: Evolution	Underworld
	General	Christa Faust	Snakes on a Plane		Won	[5]
		Max Allan Collins	The Pink Panther		Nominated
2008	General	Max Allan Collins	American Gangster		Won	[6]
	Speculative	Tim Lebbon	30 Days Of Night		Won	[6]
		Keith R.A. Decandido	Resident Evil: Extinction		Nominated	[6]
		Greg Cox	52: The Novel	DC Comics
	Young Adult	Steven Paul Leiva	The 12 Dogs Of Christmas		Won	[6]
2009	General	James Rollins	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Indiana Jones	Won	[7]
		Greg Cox	Death Defying Acts		Nominated	[7]
		Elizabeth Massie	King Takes Queen	The Tudors
		Dale C. Phillips	The Wackness
		Max Allan Collins	The X Files: I Want to Believe	The X Files
	Speculative	Bob Greenberger	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Hellboy	Won	[7]
		Matt Forbeck	The Mutant Chronicles		Nominated	[7]
		Karen Miller	Star Wars—The Clone Wars: Wild Space	Star Wars
		Greg Cox	Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans	Underworld
	Young Adult	Tracey West	Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D		Won	[7]
		Stephen D. Sullivan	Iron Man: The Junior Novel	Marvel Comics	Nominated	[7]
		Stacia Deutsch And Rhody Cohon	The Dark Knight: The Junior Novel	DC Comics
2010	N/A	Elizabeth Massie	Thy Will Be Done	The Tudors	Won	[8]
		Greg Cox	Countdown		Nominated	[8]
		Max Allan Collins	GI Joe: Rise Of The Cobra	G.I. Joe
2011	N/A	Jonathan Maberry	The Wolfman		Won	[9]
		Greg Cox	Final Crisis	DC Comics	Nominated	[9]
		Matthew Stover & Robert E. Vardeman	God Of War
2012	N/A	Joan D. Vinge	Cowboys & Aliens		Won	[10]
		Michael Stackpole	Conan The Barbarian		Nominated	[10]
		Peter Watts	Crysis Legion
		Peter David	Dark Side Of The Moon	Transformers
2013	N/A	Kevin J. Anderson	Clockwork Angels	Rush	Won	[11]
		Stacia Deutsch	Batman The Dark Knight Legend	DC Comics	Nominated	[11]
		Greg Cox	Batman The Dark Knight Rises	DC Comics
		Tracey West	Astroknights Island	Poptropica
2014	N/A	Alex Irvine	Pacific Rim		Won	[12]
		Greg Cox	Man of Steel		Nominated	[12]
		Joan D. Vinge	47 Ronin
2015	N/A	Alex Irvine	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Planet of the Apes	Won	[13]
		Mark Morris	Noah		Nominated	[13]
		Adam Whitlach	War of the Worlds Goliath
2016	N/A	Stephen D. Sullivan	Manos: The Hands of Fate		Won	[14]
		D. E. McDonald	Backcountry		Nominated	[14]
		Marv Wolfman	Batman: Arkham Knight	DC Comics
		Nancy Holder	Crimson Peak
		Christie Golden	Star Wars: Dark Disciple	Star Wars
2017	N/A	Christie Golden	Assassin’s Creed		Won	[15]
		Max Allan Collins	Road to Perdition		Nominated	[15]
		Marv Wolfman	Suicide Squad
2018	N/A	James Goss	The Pirate Planet	Doctor Who	Won	[16]
		Tim Waggoner	The Final Chapter	Resident Evil	Nominated	[16]
		Christie Golden	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
		Tim Lebbon	Kong Skull Island
2019	N/A	Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus	The Shape of Water		Won	[17]
		John Passarella	Halloween		Nominated	[17]
		Christopher Golden and Mark Morris	The Predator
		Mur Lafferty	Solo: A Star Wars Story
2020	N/A	Pat Cadigan	Alita: Battle Angel		Won	[18]
		Christa Faust and Gary Phillips	Batman: The Killing Joke	DC Comics	Nominated	[18]
		Tom Baker and James Goss	Scratch Man	Doctor Who
		Greg Keyes	Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2021	Adapted and Original	James Swallow & Josh Reynolds	Day Zero	Watch Dogs Legion	Won	[19]
		Max Allan Collins	Masquerade for Murder		Nominated	[19]
		Rae Carson	The Rise of Skywalker	Star Wars
		David J. Howe	Mindgame
2022	N/A	Pat Cadigan	Alien 3		Won	[20]
		Julian Michael Carver	Freshwater		Nominated	[20]
		Tim Waggoner	Halloween Kills
2023	Adapted and Original-General combined	James Swallow	Firewall	Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell	Won	[21]
		Cath Lauria	Black Cat: Discord	Marvel Comics	Nominated	[21]
		James Moran	The Fires of Pompeii	Doctor Who
		Terrie Moran	Death on the Emerald Isle	Murder She Wrote
		Josh Reynolds	The Flower Path	The Legend of the Five Rings
2024	N/A	Pat Cadigan	Ultraman		Won	[22]
		Maria Lewis	Daughter of No One	Assassin’s Creed	Nominated	[22]
		Paul Cornell	Secret Invasion	Marvel Comics
		Sarah Cawkwell	Star-Lord	Marvel’s Wastelanders
2025	N/A	Tim Waggoner	Terrifier 2		Won	[23][24]
		Scott Handcock	73 Yards	Doctor Who	Nominated	[23]
		James Hornby	Requiem	Cwej
		James Lovegrove	Doctor Strange: Dimension War	Marvel Comics
		Chris McGuire	Blast from the Past!

Original Novel

General

Best Original Novel (General)

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref[3]
2007	Jeff Mariotte	High Stakes Game	Las Vegas	Won	[5]
	Stuart Kaminsky	CSI New York: Blood On The Sun	CSI	Nominated	[5]
	Lee Goldberg	Mr. Monk Goes To Hawaii	Monk
	Alina Adams	Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed
2008	Lee Goldberg	Mr. Monk And The Two Assistants	Monk	Won	[6]
	Stuart M. Kaminsky	CST NY: Deluge	CSI	Nominated	[6]
	Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain	Panning For Murder	Murder She Wrote
	Max Allan Collins	Jump Cut	Criminal Minds
2009	Greg Cox	Headhunter	CSI	Won	[7]
	Tod Goldberg	The Fix	Burn Notice	Nominated	[7]
	Max Allan Collins	Finishing School	Criminal Minds
2010	"Henry Coleman" & Alina Adams	As The World Turns: The Man From Oakdale		Won	[8]
	Jeff Mariotte	Brass In Pocket	CSI	Nominated	[8]
	William Rabkin	A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Read	Psych
2011	Nancy Holder	Tough Love	Saving Grace	Won	[9]
	Greg Cox	Shock Treatment	CSI	Nominated	[9]
	Tod Goldberg	The Giveaway	Burn Notice
	Max Allan Collins And Mickey Spillane	The Big Bang	Mike Hammer
	Donald Bain	The Queen’S Jewels	Murder She Wrote
	William Rabkin	The Call Of The Mild	Psych
2012	Max Allan Collins And Mickey Spillane	Kiss Her Goodbye	Mike Hammer	Won	[10]
	D.P. Lyle	First Do No Harm	Royal Pains	Nominated	[10]
	Tod Goldberg	The Bad Beat	Burn Notice
2013[a]	Robert Jeschonek	Rising Sun, Falling Shadows	Tannhäuser	Won	[11]
	Greg Cox	Rings of Time	Star Trek	Nominated	[11]
	David Mack	The Persistence of Memory	Star Trek
	Tim Pratt	City of the Fallen Sky	Pathfinder
	Marsheila Rockwell	Skein of Shadows	Dungeons and Dragons Online
	Ari Marmell	The Abomination Vault	Darksiders
	Max Allan Collins And Mickey Spillane	Lady, Go Die!	Mike Hammer
2014	Greg Cox	The Bestseller Job	Leverage	Won	[12]
	Hy Conrad	Mr. Monk Helps Himself	Monk
	Donald Bain	Close-Up on Murder	Murder She Wrote	Nominated	[12]
	Keith R. A. DeCandido	The Zoo Job	Leverage
	Michael A. Black	Sleeping Dragons	The Executioner
2015	Andrew Kaplan	Saul’s Game	Homeland	Won	[13]
	James Swallow	Deadline	24	Nominated	[13]
	Don Bain	Death of a Blue Blood	Murder She Wrote
	Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins	King of the Weeds	Mike Hammer
	Karen Dionne	Uncommon Denominator	The Killing
2016	David Mack	Rogue	24	Won	[14]
	Adam Christopher	The Ghost Line	Elementary	Nominated	[14]
	Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins	Kill Me, Darling
	Michael A. Black	Desert Falcons	Don Pendleton’s Mack Bolan
2017	Ace Atkins	Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn		Won	[15]
	Dayton Ward	Trial by Fire	24	Nominated	[15]
	Michael Black	Missile Intercept	Don Pendleton’s The Executioner
	Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins	Murder Never Knocks
	Mark Greaney	Tom Clancy’s True Faith and Allegiance
2018	Michael A. Black	Fatal Prescription	Don Pendleton´s The Executioner	Won	[16]
	Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins	The Will to Kill	Mike Hammer	Nominated	[16]
	Reed Farrel Coleman	Robert B. Parker´s The Hangman´s Sonnet	Jesse Stone
2019	Jeff Mariotte	The Jaguar’s Claw	Narcos	Won	[17]
	Quincy J. Allen	Shadow of Ruin	Colt the Outlander	Nominated	[17]
	Michael A. Black	Dying Art	The Executioner
	Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins	Killing Town	Mike Hammer
	Mike Maden	Line of Sight	Tom Clancy
2020	Reed Farrel Coleman	The Bitterest Pill		Won	[18]
	Max Allan Collins	Murder, My Love		Nominated	[18]
	John Land	A Taste For Murder	Murder, She Wrote
2021	James Swallow & Josh Reynolds	Day Zero	Watch Dogs Legion	Won	[19]
	Max Allan Collins	Masquerade for Murder		Nominated	[19]
	Rae Carson	The Rise of Skywalker	Star Wars
	David J. Howe	Mindgame
2022	Amanda Bridgeman	Patient Zero	Pandemic	Won	[20]
	Terrie Farley Moran	Deboniar in Death	Murder She Wrote	Nominated	[20]
	Max Allan Collins	Shootout at Sugar Creek
2023[b]	James Swallow	Firewall	Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell	Won	[21]
	Cath Lauria	Black Cat: Discord	Marvel Comics	Nominated	[21]
	James Moran	The Fires of Pompeii	Doctor Who
	Terrie Moran	Death on the Emerald Isle	Murder She Wrote
	Josh Reynolds	The Flower Path	The Legend of the Five Rings
2024	Josh Reynolds	Three Oaths	Legend of the Five Rings	Won	[22]
	Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran	Fit for Murder	Murder, She Wrote	Nominated	[22]
	Robbie MacNiven	Cold Reboot	Watch Dogs Legion
2025	Josh Reynolds	A Bitter Taste	A Daidoji Shin Mystery	Won	[23][25]
	Marie Bilodeau	Off Beat (Top Drek #1)	Shadowrun	Nominated	[23]
	Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran	Murder Backstage	Murder, She Wrote
	Justin Sloan	Quantum Paradox

Speculative

Best Original Novel (Speculative)

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref[3]
2007	Jeff Mariotte and Steve Niles	Rumors Of The Undead	Thirty Days Of Night	Won	[5]
	David R. George III	Star Trek Crucible: Mccoy—Provenance Of Shadows	Star Trek	Nominated	[5]
	Sonny Whitelaw & Elizabeth Christensen	Stargate Atlantis: Exogenesis	Stargate
	James Swallow	Faith & Fire	Warhammer 40K
	Nathan Long	Orc Slayer	Warhammer
2008	Elizabeth Christensen	Stargate Atlantis: Casualties Of War	Stargate	Won	[6]
	Kevin J. Anderson	Last Days Of Krypton	DC Comics	Nominated	[6]
	Keith R.A. Decandido	Star Trek: The Next Generation – Q&A	Star Trek
2009	James Swallow	Star Trek Terok Nor: Day Of The Vipers	Star Trek	Won	[7]
	Doranna Durgin	Ghost Whisperer: Revenge		Nominated	[7]
	Samantha Henderson	Ravenloft: The Covenant, Heaven’s Bones	Dungeons & Dragons
	Holly Scott & Jaime Duncan	Stargate SG-1: Hydra	Stargate
2010	Greg Cox	Terminator Salvation: Cold War	Terminator	Won	[8]
	Kevin J. Anderson	Enemies & Allies
	Dayton Ward	Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets	Star Trek	Nominated	[8]
	Keith R.A. Decandido	Star Trek: A Singular Destiny	Star Trek
	Nathan Long	Shamanslayer—A Gotrek and Felix Novel	Warhammer
2011	Nathan Long	Warhammer: Bloodborn: Ulrika The Vampire	Warhammer	Won	[9]
	Matt Forbeck And Jeff Grubb	Ghosts Of Ascalon	Guild Wars	Nominated	[9]
	David Mack	Star Trek: Mirror Universe: The Sorrows Of The Empire	Star Trek
	Sean Williams	Star Wars: Force Unleashed II	Star Wars
	Keith R.A. Decandido	Heart Of The Dragon	Supernatural
2012	Erin M. Evans	Dungeons & Dragons – Forgotten Realms: Brimstone Angels	Dungeons and Dragons	Won	[10]
	Christa Faust	Coyote’s Kiss	Supernatural	Nominated	[10]
	John Jackson Miller	Knight Errant	Star Wars
	Marshiela Rockwell	The Shard Axe	Dungeons and Dragons
	A.C. Crispin	The Price Of Freedom	Pirates Of The Caribbean
2013[c]	Robert Jeschonek	Rising Sun, Falling Shadows	Tannhäuser	Won	[11]
	Greg Cox	Rings of Time	Star Trek	Nominated	[11]
	David Mack	The Persistence of Memory	Star Trek
	Tim Pratt	City of the Fallen Sky	Pathfinder
	Marsheila Rockwell	Skein of Shadows	Dungeons and Dragons Online
	Ari Marmell	The Abomination Vault	Darksiders
	Max Allan Collins And Mickey Spillane	Lady, Go Die!	Mike Hammer
2014	John Jackson Miller	Kenobi	Star Wars	Won	[12]
	Dayton Ward	From History’s Shadow		Nominated	[12]
	Alice Henderson	Fresh Meat	Supernatural
	Tim Waggoner	The Roads not Taken	Supernatural
	Christa Faust	The Zodiac Paradox	Fringe
2015	James Sutter	The Redemption Engine	Pathfinder	Won	[13]
	Christa Faust	Sins of the Father	Fringe
	Keith R. A. DeCandido	Children of the Revolution	Sleepy Hollow	Nominated	[13]
	John Passarella	Chopping Block	Grimm
	David Mack	Disavowed	Star Trek
	Greg Cox	Foul Deeds Will Rise	Star Trek
	Tim Waggoner	The Killing Time	Grimm
2016	Dayton Ward	Armageddon’s Arrow	Star Trek The Next Generation	Won	[14]
	Jonathan Maberry	Ghostwalkers	Deadlands	Nominated	[14]
	Troy Denning	Last Light	HALO
	Matt Forbeck	New Blood	HALO
	Josh Vogt	Forge of Ashes	Pathfinder
	R. L. King	Borrowed Time	Shadowrun
	David Mack	Star Trek Seekers 3: Long Shot	Star Trek
2017	Christie Golden	Heresy	Assassin’s Creed	Won	[15]
	David Annandale	Warden of the Blade	Warhammer 40,000	Nominated	[15]
	Dayton Ward	Elusive Salvation	Star Trek
	Tim Waggoner	Mythmaker	Supernatural
2018	Greg Cox	The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase	The Librarians	Won	[16]
	Peter J. Wacks, Guy Anthony Demarco, and Josh Voight	Solar Singularity	Interface Zero	Nominated	[16]
	Matt Forbeck	Legacy of Onyx	Halo
	Christie Golden	Battlefront II: Inferno Squad	Star Wars
	David Mack	Desperate Hours	Star Trek Discovery
	Yvonne Navarro	The Usual Sacrifices	Supernatural
2019	Dayton Ward	Drastic Measures	Star Trek Discovery	Won	[17]
	Alex White	The Cold Forge	Alien	Nominated	[17]
	Troy Denning	Silent Storm	HALO
	James Swallow	Fear Itself	Star Trek Discovery
	Christie Golden	Before the Storm	Warcraft
2020	David Mack	Collateral Damage	Star Trek TNG	Won	[18]
	Greg Cox	Batman, The Court of Owls	DC Comics
	James Lovegrove	The Magnificent Nine	Firefly	Nominated	[18]
	John Jackson Miller	The Enterprise War	Star Trek Discovery
	Delilah S. Dawson	Black Spire	Star Wars: Galaxy Edge
	Gav Thorpe	The Red Feast	Warhammer
2021	John Jackson Miller	Die Standing	Star Trek Discovery	Won	[19]
	James Lovegrove	The Ghost Machine	Firefly	Nominated	[19]
	Greg Keyes	The Extinction Key	MCU Avengers
	David Mack	More Beautiful Than Death	Star Trek (Kelvin Timeline)
	Dayton Ward	Agents of Influence	Star Trek (TOS)
2022	John Jackson Miller	Rogue Elements	Star Trek Picard	Won	[20]
	Carrie Harris	Witches Unleashed	Marvel Comics	Nominated	[20]
	Richard Lee Byers	Rebels of Vanaheim	Marvel Comics
	David Mack	Coda Book III — Oblivion’s Gate	Star Trek
	Evan Dicken	To Chart the Clouds	Legend of the Five Rings
2023	John Jackson Miller	High Country	Star Trek Strange New Worlds	Won	[21]
	Anthony Reynolds	Ruination	League of Legends	Nominated	[21]
	Carrie Harris	Shadow Avengers	Marvel Crisis Protocol
	David Mack	Harm’s Way	Star Trek Original Series
	Christie Golden	Sylvanas	World of Warcraft
2024	David Mack	Firewall	Star Trek Picard	Won	[22]
	Kate Heartfield	The Resurrection Plot	Assassin’s Creed	Nominated	[22]
	Marsheila Rockwell	The Hunger	Marvel’s Zombies
	Derek Tyler Attico	The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
	George Mann	The Eye of Darkness	Star Wars
2025	Una McCormack	Asylum	Star Trek – Strange New Worlds	Won	[23]
	Erin M. Evans	The Gift of Guthix	RuneScape	Nominated	[23]
	Carrie Harris	The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway	Arkham Horror
	John Jackson Miller	Resurrection	Batman
	Rosiee Thor	Aim to Misbehave	Firefly

Young Adult

Best Original Novel (Young Adult)

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref
2010	Aaron Rosenberg	The Novel	Bandslam	Won	[8]
	Stacia Deutsch And Rhody Cohon	Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs	Joan Marie Verba	Nominated	[8]
		Deadly Danger	Thunderbirds
2011	Nathan Meyer	Aldwyns Academy	Dungeons & Dragons	Won	[9]
	Joan Marie Verba	Situation Critical	Thunderbirds	Nominated	[10]
	Aaron Rosenberg	The Junior Novel	Alpha & Omega
2012	Joan Marie Verba	Extreme Hazard	Thunderbirds	Won	[10]
	Rory Growler (Ian Pike)	Monster Manners	Me & My Monsters	Nominated	[10]
	Stacia Deutsch And Rhody Cohon	The Smurfs Movie Tie-In
2014	Paul Kupperberg	Kevin	Archie Comics:	Won	[12]
	Stacia Deutsch	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2		Nominated	[12]
	Tracey West	The Croods
2015	Jennifer Brozek	The Nellus Academy Incident	Battletech	Won	[13]
	Garth Nix and Sean Williams	Blood Ties	Spirit Animals	Nominated	[13]
	Tracey West	Penguins of Madagascar
2018	Jonathan Maberry	Devil´s Advocate	X-Files Origins	Won	[16]
	Cavan Scott	Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space – The Cold	Star Wars	Nominated	[16]
	Keith R. A. DeCandido	Warriors Three: Godhood´s End	Marvel Comics
2019	Alethea Kontis	Besphinxed	Harmswood Academy	Won	[17]
	Jonathan Maberry	Broken Lands		Nominated	[17]
	Chris Lynch	Curse of the Mirror Clowns	The Lucy Wilson Mysteries
	Tracey West	Smallfoot
	Michael Kogge	The Last Jedi Junior Novel	Star Wars
	Elizabeth Schaefer	The Last Jedi Movie Storybook	Star Wars
2020	Cavan Scott	Attack of the Necron	Warhammer Adventures	Won	[18]
	Tom Huddleston	City of Lifestone	Warhammer Adventures	Nominated	[18]
	Jennifer Brozek	Iron Dawn	Battletech: Rogue Academy
	Cassandra Rose Clarke	Battle Born	Halo
	John Peel	The Midnight People	The Lucy Wilson Mysteries
2021	Michael Kogge	The Rise of Skywalker	Star Wars	Won	[19]
	Diana Peterfreund	In the Study With the Wrench		Nominated	[19]
	Carrie Harris	Liberty and Justice for All
	Matt Forbeck	The Rise of the Arch-Illager	Minecraft Dungeons
	Sheela Chari	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel
2022	Robbie MacNiven	First Team	Xavier’s Institute	Won	[20]
	Jennifer Brozek	Crimson Night	Battletech	Nominated	[20]
	Steven Savile	The Bear King
	Barry Lyga	The Legends of Forever	The Flash: Crossover Crisis Book Three
	Stacia Deutsch	Friendship Feature	Jessie Files
	E. C. Myers	Roman Holiday	RWBY
2023	Tristan Palmgren	Squirrel Girl Universe	Marvel Comics	Won	[21]
	Cassandra Rose Clarke	A Dangerous Trade	Star Trek Prodigy	Nominated	[21]
	George Mann	Quest for the Hidden City	Star Wars: The High Republic
	George Ivanoff	Memories of the Future	The Mystery of Lucy Wilson
	David Guymer	Tower of Nerek	Descent: Legends of the Dark
2024	Jennifer Brozek	Auditions: A Mosaic Run Collection	Shadowrun	Won	[22]
	Vera Strange	Circle of Ter-ROAR	Disney Chills	Nominated	[22]
	Mari Mancusi	Set in Stone	Disney Twisted Tales
	Matt Forbeck	Return of the Piglins	Minecraft
2025	Allison Saft	Wings of Starlight		Won	[23]
	Martin Baines & George Ivanoff	Down in the London Underground	Doctor Who	Nominated	[23]
	George Mann	Tears of the Nameless	Star Wars: The High Republic
	Iain McLaughlin	The One That Got Away	The Raccoons
	Linsey Miller	Prince of Glass & Midnight
	Brittney Morris	Heatwaves	Life is Strange

Short Story

Best Short Story

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref
2014	Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane	So Long, Chief		Won	[12]
	Michael Jan Friedman	Savior		Nominated	[12]
	Robert Greenberger	Redemption
	Jennifer Brozek	Locks and Keys
	Christine M. Thompson	Mirror Image
	David Annandale	The Dark Hollows of Memory
2015	Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane	It’s in the Book	Mike Hammer	Won	[13]
	Josh Vogt	Hunter’s Folly	Pathfinder	Nominated	[13]
	Diana Botsford	Perceptions	Stargate
	Steven Savile	Queen Sacrifice	Pathfinder
	Jennifer Brozek	Written in the Wind	Tales of Valdemar
2016	Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane	Fallout	Mike Hammer The Strand	Won	[14]
	Jason M. Hardy	Swamp of Spirits	Shadowrun: World of Shadows	Nominated	[14]
	Keith R. A. DeCandido	Back in El Paso My Life Will Be Worthless	The X-Files: Trust No One
	Paul Crilley	Dusk	The X-Files: Trust No One
	Brian Keene	Non Gratum Anus Rodentum	The X-Files: Trust No One
	Kevin J. Anderson	Statues	The X-Files: Trust No One
2017	Yvonne Navarro	Love Lost	X-Files	Won	[15]
	Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins	A Dangerous Cat		Nominated	[15]
	Jon McGoran	Drive Time	X-Files
	George Ivanoff	An Eye for an Eye	X-Files
	Glenn Greenberg	XXX	X-Files
2018	Jonathan Maberry	Banana Republic		Won	[16]
	Keith DeCandido	Ganbatte
	John Jackson Miller	Murderers´ Row		Nominated	[16]
	Bob Mayer	Pacing Place
	Sarah Stegall	Rear Guard
	Peter Wacks and David Boop	Storm Blood
2019	Rachel Harrison	The Darkling Hours	Warhammer	Won	[17]
	Craig A. Reed Jr.	End of the Road	Battletech	Nominated	[17]
	Travis Heermann	Swords of Light and Darkness	Battletech
	Peter	No Hero	Warhammer
	John French	The Passing of Angels	Warhammer
2020	Chris A. Jackson	Cutter & Razz	Tales of Basil and Meobis Fresh Hells	Won	[18]
	Shane Lacy Hensley	Cookie	[Deadlands Straight Out of Tombstone]]	Nominated	[18]
	Bobby Nash	The Girl’s Best Friend Matter	Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
	George Ivanoff	Pure History	Lethbridge-Stewart, the HAVOC Files
	Jean Rabe	The Queen Slayer	Dragonband, Women of the Crystal Coast
2021	Christie Golden	Stone by Stone		Won	[19]
	M. K. Hutchins	Useful Parasites
	Robbie MacNiven	Extermination Examination		Nominated	[19]
	Monica Valentinelli	Scritch, Scratch
	Gareth Hanrahan	A View from Olympus
2022	Harlan James	Bon Temps	Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda	Won	[20]
	Davide Mana	All My Friends Are Monsters	Arkham Horror The Devourer Below	Nominated	[20]
	Neil Kleid	Kid Omega Faces the Music	School of X
	Jean Rabe	Distress Signals	Renegade Legion: Voices of Varuna
	Marsheila Rockwell	Stepping Stones	Renegade Legion: Voices of Varuna
2023	Amanda Bridgeman	Reconsecration	Warhammer 40,000 The Emperor’s Finest	Won	[21]
	Maurice Broaddus	Night Doctors	Alien vs. Predator Ultimate Prey	Nominated	[21]
	K. Aresnault Rivera	The Family Man	Magic
	Michael Kogge	The Monster	Predator: Eyes of the Demon
	George Ivanoff	The Lady Jessica Affair	Unit The Benton Files 2
2024	David Mack	Lost and Founder	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Won	[22]
	Tim Waggoner	Singing a Deeper Song	Unioverse	Nominated	[22]
	Carrie Harris	A Forbidden Meal	Warhammer 40,000
	Jennifer Brozek	Needs Must When Evil Bides	Valdemar
	Jonathan Maberry	The Toll of Darkness and Light	Diablo
	Deborah Daughetee	Touch of Silk	Kolchak the Night Stalker
	Keith R.A. DeCandido	Work Worth Doing	Star Trek: Discovery
2025	David Mack	Family History	Star Trek	Won	[23]
	Catherynne M. Valente	The Lilac and the Stone	World of Warcraft
	Robert Jeschonek	The Tomorrow Ghost	Moonstone Triple Threat	Nominated	[23]
	Bobby Nash	O’ Deadly Deathtrap	Remo Williams: The Destroyer: The Adventures Continue!
	Tim Waggoner	Here There Be Monsters	Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology

Audio Drama

Best Audio Drama

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref
2012	Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane	Encore For Murder	Mike Hammer	Won	[10]
	D. Lynn Smith	The Lost Girl	Dark Shadows	Nominated	[10]
	Scott Andrews	All The Kings Horses	Highlander
	Cavan Scott & Mark Wright	The Many Deaths Of Jo Grant	Doctor Who
2013	Nev Fountain	The Eternal Actress	Dark Shadows	Won	[11]
	Marty Ross	Dress Me in Dark Dreams	Dark Shadows	Nominated	[11]
	Cavan Scott & Mark Wright	Companion Chronicles:Project Nirvana	Doctor Who
2014	Cavan Scott & Mark Wright	The Armageddon Storm	Blake’s 7	Won	[12]
	Mark Thomas Passmore	The Phantom Bride	Dark Shadows	Nominated	[12]
	Cody Quijano-Schell	The Flip Side	Dark Shadows
2015	John Dorney	Iterations of I	Doctor Who	Won	[13]
	Nev Fountain	The Darkest Shadow	Dark Shadows	Nominated	[13]
	Mark Thomas Passmore	The Devil Cat	Dark Shadows
	George Mann	Fortuitis	Blake’s 7
	Cavan Scott	The Skinsaw Murders	Pathfinder Legends
2016	John Dorney	The Red Lady	Doctor Who	Won	[14]
	Alan Flanagan, Will Howells and Joseph Lidster	Bloodlust	Dark Shadows	Nominated	[14]
	Penelope Faith	In the Twinkling of an Eye	Dark Shadows
	Cavan Scott	Mummy’s Mask: Empty Graves	Pathfinder Legends
	Jonathan Morris	Damaged Goods	Doctor Who
2017	Roy Gill	Blood & Fire	Dark Shadows	Won	[15]
	Joseph Lidster	Broken	Torchwood	Nominated	[15]
	David Llewellyn	Uncanny Valley	Torchwood
	John Pritchard	Mouthless Dead	Doctor Who
2018	John French	Agent of the Throne, Blood and Lies	Warhammer 40,000	Won	[16]
	David Bartlett	Across the Darkened City	Doctor Who	Nominated	[16]
	Matt Fitton	Cold Vengeance	Doctor Who
	Scott Handcock	Cascade	Torchwood
	Lizzie Hopley	The Dying Room	Torchwood
2019	A. K. Benedict	The Calendar Man	Doctor Who	Won	[17]
	Mark Wright	The Way Ahead	Blake’s 7	Nominated	[17]
	Lila Whelan	The Girl Beneath the Water	Dark Shadows
	John Dorney	The Invention of Death	Doctor Who
	James Goss and Guy Adams	The War Master: The Master of Callous	Doctor Who
2020	Roy Gill	The Creeping Death	Doctor Who – 10 Doctor Adventures	Won	[18]
	Scott Handcock	Concealed Weapon	Diary of River Song	Nominated	[18]
	John Pritchard	Daybreak	Doctor Who – Companion Chronicles
	Christopher Cooper	Sargasso	Torchwood
	Alex Worley	Watcher in the Rain	Warhammer
2021	Matt Fitton	Out of Time	Doctor Who	Won	[19]
	Tim Foley	Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4	Torchwood	Nominated	[19]
	Tracey Ann Baines	The Enemy of My Enemy	Doctor Who
	Carrie Thompson	He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not	Doctor Who
	Scott Handcock	Save Our Souls	Torchwood
2022	Lizzie Hopley	The Curse of Lady Macbeth	Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures	Won	[20]
	Lisa McMullin	Girl Deconstructed	Doctor Who	Nominated	[20]
	A. K. Benedict	The Lost Resort	Doctor Who
	John Dorney	Monsters in Metropolis	Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures
	Tim Foley	The Truth of Peladon	Doctor Who: Peladon
	Nicholas Briggs	The Annihilators	Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures
2023	Paul Cornell and Sebastian Baczkiewicz	Firewall	Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell	Won	[21]
	Lizbeth Myles	Peake Season	Doctor Who	Nominated	[21]
	James Moran	Parts 1 and 2	Previously Next Time
	R. Valentine	He Who Fights Monsters	Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins
	Roy Gill	Albie’s Angels	Doctor Who
2024	Alfie Shaw	Sins of the Flesh	Doctor Who	Won	[22]
	Max Kashevsky	All’s Fair	Doctor Who	Nominated	[22]
	John Dorney	Face to Face	Doctor Who
	Tim Foley	Pursuit of the Nightjar	Doctor Who
	Georgia Cook	Spirit of the Season	Doctor Who
2025	Tim Foley	Archipelago	Doctor Who	Won	[23]
	James Swallow	Blood Moon - A Cage of Sky	Star Cops
	Katherine Armitage	Nowhere, Never	Doctor Who	Nominated	[22]
	John Dorney	The Krillitane Feint	Doctor Who
	James Moran	Cass-cade	Doctor Who

Graphic Novel

Best Graphic Novel

Year	Author	Nominated Work	Franchise	Result	Ref
2022	Emma Vieceli	Coming Home	Life is Strange	Won	[20]
	Jody Houser	The Master Plan: A Doctor Who Comic Graphic Novel	Missy	Nominated	[20]
	Greg Pak	Darth Vader Vol 2: Into the Fire	Star Wars
2023	David Avallone, Rodney Barnes, Jonathan Maberry, Gabriel Hardman, Peter David, James Aquilone, R. C. Matheson, Nancy A. Collins, Kim Newman, James Chambers, Tim Waggoner, & Steve Niles	Kolchak the Night Stalker		Won	[21]
	Paul Cornell	The Drawing of the Cards	Wild Cards	Nominated	[21]
2024	Jody Houser	The Mighty Nine Origins	Critical Role	Won	[22]
	Andy Diggle	Dragontooth	The Expanse	Nominated	[22]
	Rik Hoskin	Forbidden Song	Red Rising
	John Jackson Miller and James Mishler	The Savage Storm	Skull and Bones
	George Mann	The Nameless Terror	Star Wars
2025	Anthony Horowitz & Antony Johnston, Amrit Birdi	Snakehead	Alex Rider	Won	[23]
	Jake Black, Marc Ellerby	Finals Week: Wrath of Beth	Rick and Morty	Nominated	[23]
	Keith R.A. DeCandido	Infinite Darkness: The Beginning	Resident Evil
	Rik Hoskin, Marcio Abreu	The Great Hunt	The Wheel of Time
	Jonathan Maberry, Bruno Abdias	Godzilla vs. Cthulhu
	George Mann, illustrated by Maan House	The Willow King	Dark Souls

Grandmaster

The Grandmaster Award honours those who have a long history of writing and promoting Tie In writing and is also referred to as the Faust Award. It is named after Frederick Faust, creator of Doctor Kildare.^[4]

• 2007: Donald Bain^[5]
• 2008: Alan Dean Foster^[6]
• 2009: Keith R.A. DeCandido^[7]
• 2010: William Johnston^[8]
• 2011: Peter David^[9]
• 2012: Kevin J. Anderson^[10]
• 2013: A. C. Crispin^[11]
• 2014: Diane Duane^[12]
• 2015: Terrance Dicks^[13]
• 2016: Timothy Zahn^[14]
• 2017: Christie Golden^[15]
• 2018: Greg Cox^[16]
• 2019: Nancy Holder^[17]
• 2020: Jean Rabe^[18]
• 2021: Max Allan Collins^[19]
• 2022: David Mack^[20]
• 2023: Michael Stackpole^[21]
• 2024: James Reasoner^[22]

See also

• Scribes Society, an organisation of Legal Writers who also have an awards programme