I don't know anything about the state of the Trek fandom, but I do know using fans to write for them is something they've done for years. When FanLib first appeared on our radar, telesilla used Trek as an example of fanfiction writers being taken advantage of.
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Date: 2007-05-27 07:52 am (UTC)Here's her post.
http://telesilla.livejournal.com/553920.html?format=light