After several months of waiting, Simon & Schuster and Archway Publishing have announced the winners of the revived Strange New Worlds writing contest.

The 10 Grand Prize winners, chosen from hundreds of submissions, will each receive a $1000 advance and will have their stories included in the all-new Star Trek™: Strange New Worlds 2016 Edition Anthology, to be published in digital first format this year.

The Grand Prize winners are:

Neil Bryant
Dilithium Is a Girl’s Best Friend

Gary Piserchio & Frank Tagader
A Christmas Qarol

Kelli Fitzpatrick
The Sunwalkers

Chris Chaplin
The Seen and Unseen

Michael Turner
The Façade of Fate

Nancy Debretsion
The Manhunt Pool

Derek Tyler Attico
The Dreamer and the Dream

Roger McCoy
The Last Refuge

John Coffren
Life Among the Post-Industrial Barbarians

Kristen McQuinn
Upon the Brink of Remembrance

The two First Prize winners, Kerry F. Booth and James Corrigan, will each receive a free publishing package from Archway Publishing valued at approximately $5,000 to publish a book on a subject other than Star Trek™.

Congratulations to all the winners – and if you’re one of them, let us know below!