EAE Award Winners 2010 to 2012

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Spocklives.com (January 2010)
The first EAE Award of 2010 goes to an old-fashioned site in the best sense, one that stands out from the crowd of blogs with their randomized content. Spocklives.com, created by Amie R. and Karen M., is the perhaps most comprehensive site about the famed TOS character. The site includes an episode guide with spotlight on Spock, the biography and background of the character (and of the actors), a big image gallery and much more. It also contains a fandom section with fan art, paper dolls, poems, recipes etc. Something of particular interest is to read about the cultural impact, such as the parodies that the Star Trek franchise has spawned or the later characters that were influenced by Spock. In spite of its classical concept, the site comes with a quite modern and pleasant looking layout, and it uses all the latest techniques in web design such as PHP, CSS and RSS. Spocklives.com is also actively involved in social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

My Star Trek Scrapbook (March 2010)
My Star Trek Scrapbook is a gem among the growing number of Trek-themed blogs. It is unique because it showcases a plethora of Star Trek memorabilia from over 40 years, among them many newspaper or magazine clippings that even avid fans probably wouldn't have kept for so long. But thanks to the steady efforts of blog owner Frederick these funny or insightful documents from Star Trek's history have been preserved and are being made public again - with updates occurring as often as every few days. My Star Trek Scrapbook deserves praise for the quality of the content as well as of the presentation. Unlike many other bloggers Frederick is very careful in tagging and indexing his content, thereby improving the accessibility and avoiding that entries disappear forever on the umpteenth archive page. And anyone who still thinks that science fiction and nostalgia don't mix should check out My Star Trek Scrapbook right now, as well as the other sci-fi, horror and comic blogs by the same author.

Evil Starship Factory (July 2010)
Evil Starship Factory is a 3D artwork blog by Chris Martin aka evil_genius_180. Here Chris showcases his excellent 3D models of canon and original Federation starships from different eras and realities. His Constitution and Constellation are among the best models I know, but I also like some of his original designs very much, such as the Brisbane. Evil Starship Factory is a true development log (a weblog being the perfect format for that). It is updated at least every two or three days, with new pictures and detailed information on the design that Chris is working on. The blog recently received an overhaul and currently sports a nice "torn paper" theme. It is well-organized with categories and (thanks to Wordpress) with a well-working search function. Evil Starship Factory provides hours of interesting reading and eye candy for 3D enthusiasts and "normal" fans alike.

Subspace Communique (November 2010)
Subspace Communique was launched in April 2009, right in time for the upcoming Abrams movie, but I discovered the site only recently. It is a blog with daily news about Star Trek productions, actors, conventions and merchandise, true to its sub-title "Trek Culture Served Daily". Well, there are already a few better known and probably better frequented news portals in existence. However, Subspace Communique is a useful supplement because it focuses on items of special interest instead of posting just every available production rumor or every off-topic news with the words "Star Trek" in it, and it doesn't simply republish news that can be found elsewhere. The site comes with a very pleasant layout sporting large-scale pictures and with a minimum of advertising. Furthermore, I think few news blogs have such a well-organized and categorized archive as Subspace Communique. It is right up there with the best Trek news sites, thanks to the steady efforts of its staff.

Vulcanology (January 2011)
Vulcanology doesn't look very spectacular at the first glance. But in merely a couple of months the blog by Scott Lukas Williams has become the prime online source about the Vulcans and their culture. The author looks back at the Vulcan costumes, props and sets of more than forty years, remembers the designers and writers who created the culture, reviews Vulcan-themed books, showcases merchandise (such as stuffed Vulcans!) and does not forget the humorous side of Vulcan culture in the form of parodies. And he does so in fully-fledged well-researched articles in contrast to the "I wrote this up in two minutes" entries of many other blogs. Perhaps most importantly Vulcanology preserves the spirit of the fictional Vulcan culture just as well as of those who brought it to life.

STNET - Project V (July 2011)
The EAE Award goes to STNET, which can be described as an old-fashioned Trek site in the best sense. It is a true fan's work in content and style, of a kind that has become very rare in our time when, for reasons I don't understand, the attention of the internet audience has shifted away to undistinctive Facebook pages. It is not immediately obvious what STNET is about, but this is not to the site's disadvantage. The focus is on Voyager and on STO, but there are other features as well, such as a homage to the Space Shuttle program or an operational reconstruction of the very first website dedicated to Star Trek Voyager, dated 1995. The site's structure is exemplary, as it neither pretends to be a complete encyclopedia of everything, nor presents unsorted content as it is the case with most blogs. All this comes with a sophisticated and attractive user interface that is constantly being improved. There are a few things about the look of STNET that I would love to have at EAS too.

Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Authority (November 2011)
Prop collecting has always been one of the most steadfast branches of Star Trek fandom. Hence, it is not surprising that there are several good websites about props, a few of which have already won the EAE Award. It is about time to add the Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Authority by longtime collector Gerald Gurian to the list, which deserves praise for being one of the most comprehensive fan efforts to display, analyze and authenticate Trek props and costumes. There are hundreds of articles on his own collection, on exhibitions and auctions as well as on other topics. New ones are added every few days. Be sure to check out "6 Myths About Star Trek Prop Designs". In more recent years many Trek sites have switched to a blog format for easy posting but at the expense of good navigation. The Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Authority gets the best of both worlds to some extent, combining the blog with hand-made menus, so old articles don't get lost somewhere deep in a chaotic archive. It is a special pleasure for me to bestow the award upon a site that is in several ways similar to my own site!

Startrekmap.com (January 2012)
Ever since Star Trek first aired many fans have been wondering where all the stars and planets are located. There have been several attempts to bring order into the cartography of Star Trek, most notably at Star Trek Dimension and in the Star Trek Star Charts. However, as Startrekmap.com demonstrates, it is possible to improve on this previous work. I have been following the development of the site for a while (and contributed some feedback too). I am quite impressed with the presentation (clickable maps and PDF downloads) as well as with the quality of the maps themselves. It is definitely a special pleasure for me to announce that the EAE Award for January 2012 goes to Startrekmap.com, created by Simon Matthe.

Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog (March 2012)
The current trend in Star Trek sites is specialized blogs that focus on things such as movie and celebrity news, episode reviews or funny findings in the internet. Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog by Spacerguy on the other hand does not fit into the usual categories. I like this blog because it reminds me of the good old times 15 years ago when Trek on the web was still dominated by individual fans, rather than by big communities or companies with their mainstreaming effect. It is a bit like the whole world of Trek in one blog, and it is very personal too. In Spacerguy's own words: "At an early age I was infected by a pesky space bug which got me hooked on Star Trek." Don't miss his take on Star Trek's 45th anniversary. Design-wise Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog is pleasant to browse. Only the crowded side bar could need a clean-up because its code takes rather long to load and to execute. Anyway, congratulations to Spacerguy, a true fan who doesn't need to be reminded to keep on Trekking!

Ariane's Star Trek Gallery (June 2012)
Although Ariane's Star Trek Gallery had been in existence since the last century already, I only discovered the site some three years ago when I was looking for screen caps from the movie "Star Trek (2009)". Ariane's site at Trekcaps.net comes with a wonderful design and presents high-quality screen caps and high-resolution photos from all Star Trek series, plus some fan artwork. On the more technical side, it is not just another fan-made Star Trek image gallery but a professionally organized site that takes advantage of the latest techniques, much like commercial image communities such as Flickr or Deviantart. I would like to thank Ariane for maintaining the site for so long and for always keeping it up to date despite all the technical difficulties and occasional hosting disasters. This EAS Award is particularly well deserved!

Krillmeed's Star Trek Site (September 2012)
While I have known Krillmeed's Star Trek Site for many years, I admit that I underestimated it for quite a long time. Perhaps it was because in the early days of Trek in the internet so many sites used to have rather playful LCARS interfaces that I saw not so much special in it. But to be honest, I also reckoned that an all-in-one site with all kinds of pictures, sounds and facts couldn't possibly work without becoming cluttered and hopelessly outdated after several years. When I look at Krillmeed's site today, after some 15(!) years in existence, it is truly impressive and consists of no less than 188,174 files on several sub-sites, all accessible through a common LCARS interface. It is obvious that I was wrong - but only because of the webmaster's extraordinary dedication to his work in this case. Krillmeed has been updating and revamping the site all the time, successfully mastering the often unsolicited challenges of web design and hosting. My congratulations to Krillmeed aka Paul Egan!

 

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