Throughout
his writing and educational careers, Mr. Serling provoked
thought wherever his influence reached. His pen planted seeds of
imagination into the minds of old and young alike, even after his
passing.
It
is no surprise that to this day, art blossoms from his inspiration. The
memory of Rod Serling can be found in many facets of the creative
world, and we would like to honor a select few individuals who excel at
this.
This award is given for achievement in the artistic aesthetic Mr.
Serling endowed upon the world. Nominees are considered annually.
—Rod Serling Memorial
Foundation
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The
Serling Award: 2017 Recipients
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Anthology
Another
Dimension
Edited by:
Angel Leigh McCoy
Published by:
Wily Writers
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This book pays tribute
to the genre Rod Serling brought to television in The Twilight Zone
and Night Gallery. Find inside science fiction and fantasy both
dark and light that runs wild between the extremes of mankind’s
depravity and the limitless breadth of the human spirit.
Stylistically, Another Dimension
resembles Rod Serling’s The Twilight
Zone Magazine in its reverence for the type
of morality tale that Serling mastered, tweaks it with a modern spin,
and serves it up as a tribute to Serling’s legacy.
With
a foreward by Tony Albarella,
RSMF Board member and an all-things-Serling writer and editor himself.
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Film
The
Carousel
Jonathan
Napolitano
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This delightful documentary, about the carousel in
Binghamton that plays a key role in the Twilight Zone episode “Walking
Distance,” offers a history of the ride and describes
its loving restoration in 2011, featuring interviews with
restorers artist Cortlandt Hull, and master carver Bill Finkenstein, as
well as daughter and biographer Anne Serling.
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Music
Mink
Swimming Pools
Uncommon
Nasa
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This “music inspired by Rod Serling and compiled for these current
times” is an often poignant hip-hop record that fuses classic Twilight
Zone monologues with the author’s poetry.
A personal touchstone is this
repeated line: “These times won't slow down...”
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