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A new contest is asking for your Star Trek fan fiction

Have a Star Trek story you're itching to tell? Pocket Books is asking for your best fanfic.

October 27, 2015, 4:29PM By MeTV Staff

Spock and Unicorn Dog travel through time? Barney Fife battles Kirk with lirpas in downtown Mayberry? Anything is possible in the Star Trek universe, especially if you are telling the story.

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12/28 11:00PMSpectre of the Gun
"When coming to an exaphobic isolationist planet, Captain Kirk and his landing party are punished for trespassing. They are sentenced to death in a surreal recreation of the Gunfight at the OK Corral with the landing on the losing side."
1/4 11:00PMDay of the Dove
"When the Enterprise brings aboard Klingon prisoners, an alien entity pits both sides against each other in an ever-escalating struggle."
1/11 11:00PMFor the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
"The Enterprise must deflect an asteroid on a collision course with an inhabited planet, but discover the asteroid is a spaceship with a population unaware of the outside world."

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From 1998 to 2007, an annual collection of short stories titled Star Trek: Brave New Worlds gathered works written by amateurs via open submissions. Now, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, Pocket Books is reviving the contest for 2016.

According to the press release, "ten grand prize winners will have their stories published as part of an all-new official anthology in print and eBook formats. Additionally, two first prize winners will receive a free self-publishing package from Archway Publishing." So put on your thinking caps and boldly go where no Star Trek story has gone before.

You have a little over two months. The deadline for Star Trek: Brave New Worlds submissions is January 15, 2016, and winners will be announced on March 31. The panel of judges has yet to be named. Even the cover art will be fan-made. You can find out more at Startrekbooks.com.