Treklanta

	Treklanta Treklanta is an annual '' Star Trek'' convention based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that places special emphasis on fan-based events, activities, programming and productions. It hosts the annual Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant and Bjo Awards Ceremony (formerly the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards). History The founding of Treklanta (formerly "TrekTrax Atlanta") was, in many respects, a result of its founder and chairman, Eric L. Watts—who had served as DragonCon's Director of ''Star Trek'' Programming from 1993 to 2009—not being asked to return for an 18th year by DragonCon management in December 2009. In February 2010, several members of the USS ''Republic'', the chapter of STARFLEET International in Atlanta of which Watts is "Commanding Officer" (president), encouraged Watts to continue his service to fandom by launching a new convention in Atlanta, which had not hosted an exclusive, ''Star Trek''-only convention since 1993. Pledging their support, a cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bjo Awards The Bjo Awards (formerly The Independent ''Star Trek'' Fan Film Awards) is a set of annual awards to recognize achievement in excellence among independent '' Star Trek'' fan films released to the Internet during the previous calendar year. Inspired by the Hugo and Nebula Awards and based loosely on the Emmy, Oscar and Tony Awards, the Bjo Awards are presented at the annual Treklanta convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Created and produced by Treklanta founder and chairman Eric L. Watts, the Bjo Awards is a juried competition judged by a panel of industry professionals with established credits in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and/or notable ''Star Trek'' fans with professional experience in the entertainment industry. Bjo Trimble—who coordinated the letter-writing campaigns that successfully saved the original ''Star Trek'' series from cancellation at the end of its second season and petitioned President Gerald R. Ford to rename NASA's first space orbiter "USS ''Enterprise''" and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards The Bjo Awards (formerly The Independent ''Star Trek'' Fan Film Awards) is a set of annual awards to recognize achievement in excellence among independent '' Star Trek'' fan films released to the Internet during the previous calendar year. Inspired by the Hugo and Nebula Awards and based loosely on the Emmy, Oscar and Tony Awards, the Bjo Awards are presented at the annual Treklanta convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Created and produced by Treklanta founder and chairman Eric L. Watts, the Bjo Awards is a juried competition judged by a panel of industry professionals with established credits in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and/or notable ''Star Trek'' fans with professional experience in the entertainment industry. Bjo Trimble—who coordinated the letter-writing campaigns that successfully saved the original ''Star Trek'' series from cancellation at the end of its second season and petitioned President Gerald R. Ford to rename NASA's first space orbiter "USS ''Enterprise''" and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Star Trek Fan Production ''Star Trek'' fan productions are productions made by fans using elements of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Paramount Pictures, CBS, and their licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the ''Star Trek'' name and trademark. The fan film community has received some coverage from the mainstream media. Films ''Paragon's Paragon'' (1974) ''Star Trek'' fan films have been made since the 1960s by individuals and various fan groups but, before the advent of inexpensive digital cameras, editing and effects in the 1990s, most were on a simple home movie level. An early effort to achieve something more was John Cosentino's ''Paragon's Paragon'', which was an unofficial adaptation of James Blish's ''Spock Must Die!'', an early ''Star Trek'' spinoff novel. The film ran for an hour and was shot on 16mm film using a full-size recreation of the Bridge set. It also used a wide variety of film special effects techniques on a budget of over $2,000 ($ in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books. With an estimated $10.6 billion in revenue, it is one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', which debuted in the US on September 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It was first broadcast on September 6, 1966 on Canada's CTV network. It followed the voyages of the crew of the starship USS ''Enterprise'', a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, on a mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before". In creating ''Star Trek'', Roddenberry w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Deep Space Nine ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered on the eponymous space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. Following the success of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. In creating ''Deep Space Nine'', Berman and Piller drew upon plot elements introduced in ''The Next Generation'', namely the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the Bajorans. ''Deep Space Nine'' was the first ''Star Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]