Psi Phi's Star Trek Book Database

Strange New Worlds 8: The Winners

Announced on December 29, 2004, here are the winners of the eighth Strange New Worlds contest!

Grand Prize

• Spc "Α & Ω" (Alpha and Omega), by Derek Tyler Attico

Second Prize

• Speculations: "Concurrence", by Geoffrey Thorne

Third Prize

• TNG: "Final Flight", by John Takis

Runners-Up:

Star Trek

• "Shanghied", by Alan James Garbers
• "Assignment: One", by Kevin Lauderdale
• "Demon", by Kevin Andrew Hosey
• "Don't Call Me Tiny", by Paul C. Tseng

Star Trek: The Next Generation

• "Morning Bells Are Ringing", by Kevin Summers
• "Passages of Deceit", by Sarah Seaborne

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• "Trek", by Dan C. Duval
• "Gumbo", by Amy Vincent
• "Promises Made", by David DeLee
• "Always a Price", by Muri McCage
• "If You Love a Tribble...", by Dayle Dermatis

Star Trek: Voyager

• "Transfiguration", by Susan S. McCrackin
• "This Drone", by M.C. DeMarco
• "Once Upon a Tribble", by Annie Reed
• "You May Kiss the Bride", by Amy Sisson
• "Coffee With a Friend", by JB Stevens

Star Trek: Enterprise

• "Egg Drop Soup", by Robert Burke Richardson
• "Hero", by Lorraine Anderson
• "Insanity", by A. Rhea King

Speculations

• "Dawn", by Paul J. Kaplan

Several winners have had entries selected in previous Strange New Worlds contests:

• Alan James Garbers ("Shanghaied") wrote TNG: "Flight 19" in SNW IV and TNG: "The Peacemeakers" in SNW V.
• Kevin Andrew Hosey ("Demon") wrote VOY: "Seven and Seven" in SNW VI.
• Paul J. Kaplan ("Dawn") wrote VOY: "The End of Night" in SNW VI and ST: "The Trouble with Tribals" in SNW VII.
• Kevin Lauderdale ("Assignment: One") wrote ST: "A Test of Character" in SNW VII.
• Muri McCage ("Always a Price") wrote ST: "All Fall Down" in SNW VII.
• Susan S. McCrackin ("Transfiguration") wrote VOY: "Redux" in SNW VII.
• Annie Reed ("Once Upon a Tribble") wrote Speculations: "The Beginning" in SNW VI and VOY: "Don't Cry" in SNW VII.
• Amy Sisson ("You May Kiss the Bride") wrote Speculations: "The Law of Averages" in SNW VII.
• Jan B. Stevens ("Coffee With a Friend") wrote VOY: "Hidden" in SNW VI.
• Kevin G. Summers ("Morning Bells are Ringing") wrote DS9 "Isolation Ward 4: Excerpts from the Journal of Dr. James Wykoff" in SNW IV.
• John Takis ("Final Flight") wrote DS9: "The Best Defense" in SNW III and ENT: "A Girl for Every Star" in SNW V.
• Geoffrey Thorne ("Concurrence") wrote TNG: "The Soft Room" in SNW VI. He also wrote the short story "Chiaroscuro" in DS9: "Prophecy and Change".

These twenty-three stories will be published as Strange New Worlds 8 in June, 2005. The contest winners were determined by Dean Wesley Smith, with Elisa J. Kaplan and Paula M. Block.

Congratulations to the winners from Psi Phi!