John Ordover announced yesterday the winners of this year’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds contest. Of the five stories I submitted for consideration, none made the final cut.
I thought I had a real shot with “Memorial Day” The story of Jake Sisko and the Cestus III Dominion War Memorial wasn’t the incestuous continuity porn fanwank crap that passes for the prototypical Strange New Worlds story. It was something else entirely, so much so that even I’m not sure it was a Star Trek story anymore.
Damn.
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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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I feel for ya. just remember your up against him. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-07-22
Damn you, writer of "Gates of Borg"! You’ve denied me my place in Trek history!
Great read, Allyn – even if I’m not really into baseball.
Too bad your story wasn’t chosen. Don’t forget to try again next year! 🙂
You wrote: Memorial wasn’t the incestuous continuity porn fanwank crap that passes for the prototypical Strange New Worlds story.
! Golly, I feel less bad about my story now. LOL.
I’m going to read Memorial later today–I’m being pushed away from the computer. Thanks for sharing your perspective.
–Taryn