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Deadline

Nov 30, 2023

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"An exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, reviews, interviews and craft articles."

"An exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, reviews, interviews and craft articles."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

3 months

Acceptance Rate

2%

  • Payment

    Yes: $40

  • Fee

    Yes: $3

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

2 genres

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Personal Essays & Memoir Excerpts

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 800

Max pieces: 1

Flash Creative Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Personal Essays & Memoir Excerpts

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 800

Max pieces: 1

Flash Creative Nonfiction

Statistics

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Track submission

28

Total submissions tracked

87 days

Average response time

2%

Average acceptance rate

19 days

Fastest response time

241 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

We have a concealed reading model so your cover letter will not be shown during the reading process; the work stands alone at Hippocampus. [We only ask for current bios when work is accepted. ]

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Your submission should be double-spaced and in a 12-point readable font. Please save all identifying info like your name or contact information for the Submittable form – do NOT put it in the document. We read blind.

Rights for published work

One-time publication and anthology rights; author retains rights to their work.

Additional info

True tales from your life. Honesty that possesses both the situation AND the story. Intensely personal experiences that reflect universal truths about what it means to be human. Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype They also publish books. [But the press division is on hiatus through Aug. 2024] Occasionally, we may open a call for special theme issues and other magazine-related projects. We offer a $40 honorarium to authors who publish with us.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2011 | United States

Our 3-Fold Mission Entertain – provide fresh, enjoyable creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers Educate – help writers improve their craft, and recommend further reading related to the genre Engage – encourage conversation between reader and writer on site and beyond Extensions of our Mission: Bringing Things to Life Our online magazine is the heart of what we do. But, now, we’re so much more than a digital journal! In 2015, Hippocampus Magazine held its first HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, a three-day event that brings our mission to life. In 2016, Hippocampus Magazine launched its Books Division, Books by Hippocampus. Our community has grown in scope and size and reaches more people than ever!

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Donna Talarico

Editor-in-Chief

Rae Pagliarulo

Flash Editor

Steph Auteri

Essays Editor

Wendy Fontaine

Assistant Flash Editor

Jenn Hall

Assistant Flash Editor