Judith Gran

Judith Gran is a long-time Star Trek: TOS fan and writer. Judith entered fandom in 1978, when they first started reading zines and went to their first fan-run convention, August Party. They have written many essays, articles, and fics.
In 1999, they won a STIFfie for Best Short Story: K/S: "The Captain's Log" (Amazing Grace, Special Edition). 
They were one of the two editors of the feminist zine Organia.
==Interviews==
From COCO CHANNEL Interview with Judith Gran (1999):
 
 
==Disclaimers==
A 1998 disclaimer: 
==Notable Publications==
===Meta===
===1978===
* August Party 1978 Survey (demographic breakdown of August Party attendees)
====1980====
* "The Footnote: An Explication de Texte" is an essay originally printed in R & R #12 in 1980 (reprinted by Gran in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #12 in February 1985, and posted to alt.startrek.creative in 1997). The essay analyzes the ambiguous language in a particularly infamous footnote in Gene Roddenberry's novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in which Kirk comments on the "rumors" that he and Spock are lovers. (1980)
* The Sociology of Star Trek: Notes on the Relationship of Science Fiction and Fantasy, in the zine Archives #4 (1980, based on a 1979 questionnaire)
* Work and Alienation in Star Trek, an essay in Pastaklan Vesla #6 (1980)
====1981====
* The K/S Concept: A Feminist Perspective -- A Personal Statement by Judith Gran in the zine Storms #1 (1981)
* Fandom vs The Courts: Fan Fiction and Fair Use (1981)
====1982-1986 (perhaps longer)====
* "A Unity of Opposites: A Publication of No Redeeming Social Value" -- a lengthy trib in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits)
====1984====
* Kirk/Spock Questionnaire, some results were printed in 1985 in Not Tonight, Spock!
====1985-86====
* Right to Relief (series of five essays in Not Tonight, Spock! (1985-86)
====1997====
* Discouraging criticism has become a problem in K/S fan fiction. But I don't think the answer is to hold fan authors to lower standards. (from The K/S Press #6) (1997)
====1998====
* I am frustrated by my own ability to understand why categorizing a story as K/S or not-K/S is important to some fans. (January 1998)
====1999====
* Censored, an essay about net fandom, print fandom and fear (1999)
* Fan Fiction and Copyright, an essay about fair use, copyright, and fan works (1999)
* In Whose Back Yard?, an essay about fair use, copyright, and fan works (1999)
====2000====
* On "Mary Sue" and "Lay" Stories, an essay on the history and meaning of Mary Sue (2000)
===Fanfic===
 
* metafic: ("After I read Jungle Kitty's brilliant piece of RevengeFic, I couldn't resist writing the character's revenge for "Terminus."") (Star Trek: TOS) (unknown date)
* Handyman ("This was written in response to a challenge issued by Ruth Gifford on ASCEM. Additional inspiration comes from my trusty Ryobi DS2000 detail sander. The version here is a 23d century update.") (Star Trek: TOS) (unknown date) 
* Terminus (Star Trek: TOS) (1982)
* This Dialogue of One ("After he is forced to leave Kirk because of the risk posed by pon farr, Spock tries to make his marriage to a Vulcan woman succeed. A companion story to "The Body's Treason"") (Star Trek: TOS) (1983)
* The Body's Treason ("Kirk and Spock are forced to separate because of Spock's impending pon farr.") (Star Trek: TOS) (1983)
* First, Do No Harm (Star Trek: TOS) (1992)
* After the Tahiti Syndrome (Star Trek: TOS) (1992)
* Misplaced in Purgatory (Star Trek: TOS) (1996)
* Unto Which Holy Estate (Star Trek: TOS) (1996)
* The Dialectic of Pon Farr by Marxist Person (a Rude Person story) (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
* The Captain's Log, part one; The Captain's Log, part two (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
* Application of Stimulus Satiation With a Vulcan Male in Pon Farr by Behaviorist Person (a Rude Person story) (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
* Trekker's Credo (Star Trek: TOS) (1999)
* In re Psychologist's License of Helen Noel, Ph.D.; also here ("Consequences of events in the TOS episode, "Dagger of the Mind."") (Star Trek: TOS) (1999)
* Public Offering ("James T. Kirk and his famed problem-solving ability are pressed into service to help Voyager get home.") (Star Trek: TOS/DS9) (Kirk Fuh-Q Fest ) (2000)
==References==
Category:Fanwriters