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Talking Through Grief

Description

Loss is something that every member of Starfleet will face and have to endure. Starfleet has specialized members in order to help deal with the grief that follows a loss, but talking to a friend may be what some prefer. The crew members stationed on board Starfleet vessels are sometimes the only outlet for other crew members to vent or talk through their grief.

Write one story post that focuses on a character picking up the pieces of their life following a loss and that character’s discussion with someone, whether a Counselor or just a friend, talking through their grief and loss. The character can be anyone, a captain, or an ensign, any rank.

Criteria

  • Stories must be submitted through the BFMS and your entry should link to that story. Stories should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words.
  • Stories will be graded using the Bravo Fleet Fiction Rubric, which marks on the following criteria: Language, Style, & Mechanics; Adherence to Canon; Perspective; Characterization; Originality; Use of the Prompt.
  • Stories must be written during the competition period and should not be a reuse of an existing story. Stories written before or after the competition begins will be disqualified. The BFMS publication date will be used.
  • The story must be a single author post in BFMS and not a joint post with another author.

Winners

Submissions

User Submission Date Post
Cressida Brennan (#2765) 2025-08-26 22:22:18
Private Submission
Trevenan Williams (#1295) 2025-08-19 10:07:13
Interlude – The Price of Pain
USS Astute (Archive)
Aloran (#2232) 2025-08-13 22:38:29
A Quiet Restored
USS Sacramento (Archive)
Thov th'Zeles (#1644) 2025-08-13 18:31:22
You Are Like That Cactus
USS Cardinal

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