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The 2026 Scribe Awards given by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers were announced at San Diego ComicCon on July 24th.

Best Adapted Novel (novel based on a screenplay or teleplay)

• WINNER: Adam Cesare – The Toxic Avenger: The Official Movie Novelization
• Christian Francis – In The Mouth of Madness
• John Passarella – Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization
• Josh Reynolds – Return of the Monster Men
• Tim Waggoner – Terrifier 3: The Official Movie Novelization

Best Audio Drama

• WINNER: Kirsten Beyer & David Mack – Star Trek: Khan
• Alfie Shaw – Doctor Who: The War Doctor Rises – Fallen Heroes
• Georgia Cook – Doctor Who: Halloween – Party Favours
• Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle – Doctor Who: Zygon Century – 1935: The Miracle of Pendour Cove
• Tim Foley – Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Hooklight

Best Graphic Novel

• Barbara Early – Murder, She Wrote: Snowy With a Chance of Murder
• Chris Ryall – Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis
• WINNER: Eric Campbell & Jody Houser – Stranger Things and Dungeons and Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire
• Jake Black & Daniel Kibblesmith – Rick vs. the Universe: Beth Till Death
• Julian Michael Carver – Commando #5899: Frostbite

Best Original Novel – General Fiction

• James Hornby – Cwej: The Midas Touch
• Max Allan Collins – Return of the Maltese Falcon
• WINNER: Raymond Benson – Ian Fleming’s Felix Leiter: The Hook and the Eye
• Sarah Cawkwell – Thunder’s Edge: Echoes of Memory
• Terrie Farley Moran – Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees

Best Original Novel – Speculative Fiction

• Bryan Young – BattleTech: Outfoxed
• David Mack – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Ring of Fire
• Delilah S. Dawson – Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd
• WINNER: John Jackson Miller – Batman: Revolution
• Shaun Hamill – Solomon Kane: Suffer the Witch
• Tim Lebbon – Conan: Song of The Slain
• Tim Waggoner – Conan: Spawn of the Serpent God

Best Original Novel – Young Adult / Middle Grade

• Carrie Harris – Lady Lovely Locks: Snagged
• Eugene Myers – Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones
• George Ivanoff – The Tomorrow People: Kidnapped!
• WINNER: Jennifer Brody – Stranger Things: Starcourt Mall Escape
• Una McCormack – Doctor Who: Robot Revolution

Best Short Story

• WINNER: Alfie Shaw – “Aftercare,” Doctor Who: The Adventures After
• Julia Vee – “Three Times Lucky,” Reclusion: The Game
• Robert Jeschonek – “Ghost Station Zero,” Cold War Cthulhu
• Tim Waggoner – “Conan: Marked for Death,” Heroic Legends