Hippocampus Magazine
Literary Magazine
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: 3 months*/Editor reported data96 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 3.5% */Editor reported data10.34%*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Work acquired through solicitation: 0%
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
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 40
Nonfiction - 800 words max
Max words: 800
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 40
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
51
Total submissions tracked
96 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
19 days
Fastest response time
241 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
General Spring Reading Period
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Fee-free period
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...
Read moreFounded
2011
Country
US
Masthead
Donna Talarico
Editor-in-Chief
Rae Pagliarulo
Flash Editor
Steph Auteri
Essays Editor
Wendy Fontaine
Assistant Flash Editor
Jenn Hall
Assistant Flash Editor