Focus on the Negative

The Vaadwaur Invasion. The Blackout. Ending up in Underspace. The Borg.
It’s fair to say that the galaxy has not been kind lately – and neither have we to our characters.

In this writing competition, we ask you to take a step back from the action and dive into the aftermath.

Pair up with one or more other players and write a Joint Post between two characters who take a moment – whether over a drink, during a debriefing, or while patching each other up – to reflect on everything they’ve been through since joining Starfleet.

Focus especially on the negative:

• What have they lost?
• What burdens are they carrying?
• What parts of themselves have changed—and maybe not for the better?

The twist:
Your characters aren’t just reflecting—they’re competing.
Each one is convinced they had it worse.

So go ahead: let them one-up each other and argue over who really drew the shortest end of the stick.

Criteria

• Your story must be a joint post, not a single-author post.
• Entries must be created by two (1) or three (3) members, who are not part of any other team participating in this competition. Members may only be a part of one (1) group.
• Stories should be at least 1,000 words and no more than 2,500 words.
• This story must be created after this competition opens and before it closes, so as not to reuse any existing stories. This will be judged based on the publication date of the story within the BFMS.
• Stories should be submitted directly to the BFMS, and your entry should be a link to the published story.
• ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST SUBMIT to the competition for credit. The submission must include the BFMS link and the IDs of all participating members.
• Stories will be graded in accordance with the Bravo Fleet Fiction Rubric, which marks on the following criteria: Language, Style, & Mechanics; Adherence to Canon; Perspective; Characterization; Originality; Use of the Prompt.