One Second Prize winner will receive:
Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V Publishing Contract for Publication of Winning Entry in our Strange New Worlds V Anthology with a bonus advance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) above the Anthology word rate of 10 cents a word.
One Third Prize winner will receive:
Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V Publishing Contract for Publication of Winning Entry in our Strange New Worlds V Anthology with a bonus advance of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) above the Anthology word rate of 10 cents a word.
All Honorable Mention winners will receive:
Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V Publishing Contract for Publication of Winning Entry in the Strange New Worlds V Anthology and payment at the Anthology word rate of 10 cents a word.
There will be no more than twenty (20) Honorable Mention winners. No contestant can win more than one prize.
Each Prize Winner will also be entitled to a share of royalties on the Strange New Worlds V Anthology as specified in Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V Publishing Contract.
6)JUDGING:
Submissions will be judged on the basis of writing ability and the originality of the story, which can be set in any of the Star Trek time frames and may feature any one or more of the Star Trek characters. The judges shall include the editor of the Anthology, one employee of Pocket Books, and one employee of VIACOM Consumer Products. The decisions of the judges shall be final. All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of entries are received that meet the minimum criteria established by the judges.
7)NOTIFICATION:
The winners will be notified by mail or phone. The winners who win a publishing contract must sign the publishing contract in order to be awarded the prize. All federal, local, and state taxes are the responsibility of the winner. A list of the winners will be available after January 1st, 2002, on the Pocket Books Star Trek Books Web site,
www.simonsays.com/startrek/
or the names of the winners can be obtained after January 1st, 2002, by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a request for the list of winners to WINNERS’ LIST, STRANGE NEW WORLDS V, Star Trek Department, Pocket Books, 1230 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10020.
8)STORY DISQUALIFICATIONS:
Certain types of stories will be disqualified from consideration:
Any story focusing on explicit sexual activity or graphic depictions of violence or sadism.
Any story that focuses on characters that are not past or present Star Trek regulars or familiar Star Trek guest characters.
Stories that deal with the previously unestablished death of a Star Trek character, or that establish major facts about or make major changes in the life of a major character, for instance a story that establishes a long-lost sibling or reveals the hidden passion two characters feel for each other.
Stories that are based around common clichés, such as “hurt/comfort” where a character is injured and lovingly cared for, or “Mary Sue” stories where a new character comes on the ship and outdoes the crew.
9)PUBLICITY:
Each Winner grants to Pocket Books the right to use his or her name, likeness, and entry for any advertising, promotion, and publicity purposes without further compensation to or permission from such winner, except where prohibited by law.
10)LEGAL STUFF:
All entries become the property of Pocket Books and of Paramount Pictures, the sole and exclusive owner of the Star Trek property and elements thereof. Entries will be returned only if they are accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Contest void where prohibited by law.
TM, ®, & © 2001 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
About the Contributors
Chuck Anderson (“Return”), lives in Aurora, Colorado, with wife, Sherry, and daughter, Kaily. He teaches P.E. and coaches girls’ high school basketball.
Ilsa J. Bick (“Shadows, in the Dark”) is a child psychiatrist. This marks her second appearance in SNW; “A Ribbon for Rosie” took Grand Prize in SNW II. Her novelette “The Quality of Wetness” won Second Prize in Writers of the Future, Vol. XVI. When she grows up, Ilsa aims to write books—as a recovering shrink.
Jonathan Bridge (“Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor”) was a one-time member of Phil Farrand’s Nitpickers’ Guild, picking at everything from Classic Trek to The X-Files. He always believed he would do something professional by the time he turned thirty. He turns thirty this year, so it happened! This is his first professional sale.
Pat Detmer (“Missed”) is marketing/sales manager for a Seattle paper distributor. She’s never succumbed to the allure of selfpublication even though her husband owns a print shop. She’s only watched the original series and can’t quite accept that there might be more than one Vulcan in the universe worth writing about.
Lynda Martinez Foley (“Tears for Eternity”) lives in Northridge, California, with her incredibly supportive husband, Dan, and her inspirational sons, Dustin and Jonathan. She acknowledges her parents and sisters for their encouragement, and also thanks Bill, Carla, Corey, Cristy, Elise, James, Jesse, Lolita, Michael, Michelle, Robbin, Ted and the “New Grounders.”
Alan James Garbers (“Flight 19”) is a licensed Master Electrician whose experience covers industrial, commercial, and residential electrical systems. Alan’s hobbies are as far ranging as his job skills: historical re-enactment, photography, writing, travel, hunting, fishing, playing acoustic and electric guitar, and making maple syrup.
Victoria Grant (“First Star I See Tonight”) lives in San Diego with her husband, Brian, and two children. She teaches, works in a laboratory, and if she had some spare time, she’d stroll by the ocean and stare up at the stars. Star Trek has inspired her since childhood; now her dreams have taken flight.
Michael J. Jasper (“Scotty’s Song”) is a Clarion Workshop graduate (1996), and has had stories published in Writers of the Future Vol. 16, Strange Horizons, The Raleigh News & Observer, PIF Magazine, Dark Planet, and other small presses. He is working on a novel, a fantasy tale set in Chicago. Read all about it at www.michaeljasper.net
Kevin Killiany (“Personal Log”) is a minister with the Soul Saving Station and an instructor at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina. Though he has written on racial, educational, and spiritual issues, this is his first fiction sale. He is proud of and grateful for his wife’s encouragement in attaining his goals.
Diana Kornfeld (“Welcome Home”) lives in Lees Summit, Missouri, with her husband, Steve, and two daughters. She is extremely pleased to have a second story in a Strange New Worlds anthology. She enjoys reading, writing, wandering around on the Internet, designing Web pages, and, oh yes, watching Star Trek.
William Leisner (“Black Hats”) previously appeared in Strange New Worlds II. Since then, he has changed both his residence (to Minneapolis) and occupation (book inventory planner for a national retailer), thus rendering his old author bio almost completely obsolete. Special thanks to “Charlotte” for her early commentary on this story.
Robert J. Mendenhall (“Prodigal Father”) is a full-time logistics supervisor for the Schaumburg, Illinois, Police Department, a part-time reservist in the U.S. Air Force, and a longtime “prepublished” writer. During his younger days, Robert was a broadcast journalist for the American Forces Network, Europe. He lives outside Chicago near his three children.
Tonya D. Price (“Prodigal Son”) makes her second appearance in Strange New Worlds. A native of Fairborn, Ohio, she lives in Franklin, Massachusetts, with her husband, Kent Jones, and daughters, Ana-Lisa and Diantha. She divides her time between online marketing consulting and writing short stories, including new submissions for SNW V.
Penny A. Proctor (“Uninvited Admirals”) is a vice president and assistant general counsel for a healthcare system in Columbus, where she lives with her husband, dog, and stepcat. A lifelong fan of Star Trek, she is grateful
to her husband, family, and friends, who convinced her to try writing something for this contest.
Steven Scott Ripley (“The Name of the Cat”) lives in Seattle. This marks his second appearance in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series. Along with writing fiction, he is a playwright whose works have appeared in various West Coast theaters. He enjoys cooking, blustery weather, and hanging out with his friends and family.
Bill Stuart (“Iridium-7-Tetrahydroxate Crystals Are a Girl’s Best Friend”) is twenty-nine years old and lives in Ottawa, Canada. This is his first published work. He is currently finishing a dual degree in theater and biology.
Jeff Suess (“Seeing Forever”), reads while he walks everywhere so as not to waste valuable reading time. He is a native Californian living in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Kristin, and their dog and cat. He works in the library of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kevin G. Summers (“Isolation Ward 4”) was born in 1974 in Washington, D.C. Some of his earliest memories are of watching reruns of classic Star Trek episodes. He currently lives in northern Virginia. His novel, The Bleak December, is under contract with an agent. This is his first published story.
Mary Sweeney (“Countdown”) is a software developer, longtime science fiction fan (it all started with Heinlein’s Podkayne of Mars), and Trekker. She and her husband, Evan Romer, live in upstate New York with four rats and six parakeets. Mary is grateful for Evan’s encouragement. This is her first professional sale.
TG Theodore (“A Little More Action”) is a fan of all four Trek television franchises, having pitched stories to three of them. His fondness for the more humorous aspects of Trek is apparent in his work in this anthology. A native Californian, Ted particularly enjoys writing, composing, and directing for the theater. His work here marks his debut into the world of prose and pros.
E. Catherine Tobler (“Flash Point”) makes her second and final appearance in Strange New Worlds IV. She makes her living as a nanny in Colorado and though the kids fall asleep when she reads to them, she hopes the same doesn’t happen to the editors who review her work.
Shane Zeranski (“The Promise”), barely twenty, thinks he’s pretty smart, handsome, and talented. Most everybody else thinks he’s pretty cocky and pretty lucky. The jury’s still out. Shane has just wrapped up a whopper of a Trek novel (unpublished as of yet), is working on another book and a screenplay, is a 4.0 college student, is doing a lot of acting, and has lots of spare time (heavy laughter). This is his second appearance in SNW. Look for his name and face in the future.
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