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The Many Gardens of Sentience

At the outset of putting together Issue 3, I’m not sure any of the editorial staff anticipated what a challenge the summer of 2023 would be when it came to releasing an issue worthy of its contributors. We learned a lot from the struggles of Issue 3 and, going forward, we will be looking to… Read More The Many Gardens of Sentience

September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 sentiencejournal

Seeking ‘Connections’

In returning to Sentience for Issue Two, the editors wanted to create a bookend to the “Isolation” of Issue One. In part, this is because Sentience began as a pandemic project, conceived as a way to keep story and language moving in a time of palpable disconnection, an extension of workshopping from a distance and… Read More Seeking ‘Connections’

April 22, 2022 sentiencejournal

A Bevy of Announcements!

Issue 2 coming fall 2021 theme connections

When the Sentience crew began the journey to publishing the “Isolation” issue in the Summer of 2020, I’m not sure any of us knew exactly what we were getting ourselves into, despite having worked on other lit mags before. At the time, we tentatively floated the idea amongst ourselves that, if we could pull it… Read More A Bevy of Announcements!

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 sentiencejournal

“Yang” by Helen Doremus

golden Chinese lion dog head

It is awake in the chill morning air, dripping cold rainwater off of its snout to the cement below. It sees the stretch of parked cars, the fence ringing The Building which breaks only to force visitors past its stony paws, the sway of trees in the distance — all of this is discernible within… Read More “Yang” by Helen Doremus

February 25, 2021February 28, 2021 sentiencejournal

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sen•ti•ence sĕn′shəns, -shē-əns, -tē-əns►

n. The quality or state of being sentient; consciousness.

n. Feeling as distinguished from perception or thought.

n. Sentient character or state; the faculty of sense; feeling; consciousness.

n. a digital literary journal established by a diverse pool of fiction writers, essayists, poets, artists, and editors who are dedicated to supporting their peers as they tackle the beauty and chaos of the world we live in through the written word.

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