Thirty-three independent "Star Trek" fan films released in calendar year 2016 with a total running time of eleven hours, forty-nine minutes were deemed eligible for consideration for the 2017 Independent "Star Trek" Fan Film Awards. For 2017, the category of Best Production Design was deleted, decreasing the total number of categories from thirteen to twelve. The panel of judges for the 2017 awards included Diana Dru Botsford, Keith R. A. DeCandido, John DeSentis, Matthew M. Foster, Andrew Greenberg, Robert Greenberger, Cheralyn Lambeth and Archie H. Waugh. The awards ceremony was held at Treklanta on April 30, 2017, hosted by Eric L. Watts and Brian Holloway. Awards presenters included David Gerrold, James Horan, Gary Graham and John G. Hertzler. "Star Trek Continues" won six of twelve awards (Best Sound Design, Editing & Mixing; Best Makeup & Hairstyling; Best Costuming; Best Guest Actor or Actress; Best Supporting Actor or Actress and Best Director), "Star Trek: Horizon" won four awards (Best Special & Visual Effects; Best Original Music; Best Original Story or Screenplay and Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form) and "Needs of the Many" won two awards (Best Lead Actor or Actress and Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form). Twenty-one independent "Star Trek" fan films released in calendar year 2017 with a total running time of eight hours, fifteen minutes were deemed eligible for consideration for the 2018 Bjo Awards. For 2018, no changes were made to the previous year's twelve award categories. The panel of judges for the 2018 awards included Diana Dru Botsford, Dr. Meldrena Chapin, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Andrew Greenberg, Deborah Stevenson and Geoffrey Thorne. The awards ceremony was held at Treklanta on May 27, 2018, hosted by Eric L. Watts and Brian Holloway. Awards presenters included Conrad Coates, Gary Graham and Robert O'Reilly. "Star Trek Continues" won ten of twelve awards (Best Special & Visual Effects; Best Sound Design, Editing & Mixing; Best Makeup & Hairstyling; Best Costuming; Best Guest Actor or Actress; Best Supporting Actor or Actress; Best Lead Actor or Actress; Best Director; Best Original Story or Screenplay and Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form), "The Federation Files" won one award (Best Original Music) and "The Derelict" won one award (Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form).