Sense Five

Closing date  31st August 2012.

Short stories (2000-3000 words) only.

This collection of short fiction seeks to explore the role and effect of the traditional five senses in our lives—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.  Good writing engages our senses and this short story anthology aims to reflect not only the art of evoking sense in written form, but also takes ‘sense’ as its main theme.  How is sense experienced and what does it mean to individuals, families and societies?  Does the perception of sense (or of conditions that affect sense) differ across generations or cultures?  Consider how sense can change over one’s lifetime.  What is the relationship between sense and identity, or memory? What do people with synaesthesia experience?

We are looking for a broad range of submissions that are unique, evocative and sensual.  Stories should be around 2000-2500 words, well written and well structured.

Multiple submissions are not accepted; please polish and send only your best work.

Simultaneous submissions are not accepted; we need to know that if we love your piece, we can use it. Finding out that it has already been accepted elsewhere can create hassles for all parties.

Please only send work that is original, previously unpublished and for which you hold copyright.

We pay £8.00 per short story. Payment is made, upon publication, via PayPal.

Full submission guidelines are available here.

(Please do not send flash fiction to this anthology.)