Controversy has erupted around the Nebula Award nomination of the fan-made Star Trek: Phase II (formerly New Voyages) episode World Enough And Time, starring George Takei. Some members of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the body that votes for the Nebula nominees and winners, have opposed World‘s eligibility on the grounds that it isn’t a “professional” production. Last week, World co-writer /director Marc Scott Zicree protested this, pointing out the number of pro personnel that worked on the episode, and even revealing that several of these people were paid for their involvement, and that World had been shown at a venue which charged admission. Phase II creator/producer/star James Cawley immediately countered this and denied that any admission had been charged for a showing of the episode; Cawley reasserted his standing that Phase II is an amateur production that occasionally engages the services of industry professionals and does indeed pay them (out of Cawley’s own pocket), and even acknowledged that this may take World out of the Nebula running. What’s really at stake here? Zicree’s statement may put the future of Phase II at risk with its claim that the project earns any income at all, which would put it in violation of an agreement that Cawley has made with Paramount/CBS, stipuating that Phase II cannot earn any profit whatsoever.