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Literary Magazine

Hippocampus Magazine

www.hippocampusmagazine.com

Nonfiction

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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.

Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    90 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    86 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    3.5%*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    6.82%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Publication

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

    From the editors

    Best Of The Net, Pushcart

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

  • Runs themed calls

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    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 concealed.

  • Author's rights

    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 from queries 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 essays/flash with us.

Tracker statistics

79

Total submissions tracked

86 days

Average response time

6.82%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

241 days

Slowest response time

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About

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...

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Country

US

Masthead

    Editor Donna Talarico avatar

    Donna Talarico

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Rae Pagliarulo avatar

    Rae Pagliarulo

    Flash Editor

    Editor Steph Auteri avatar

    Steph Auteri

    Essays Editor

    Editor Wendy Fontaine avatar

    Wendy Fontaine

    Assistant Flash Editor

    Editor Jenn Hall avatar

    Jenn Hall

    Assistant Flash Editor