Type Of Organization
Magazine-press
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Hippocampus Magazine and Books, founded in 2010, is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each bi-monthly issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, reviews, interviews, and craft articles. In 2015 it brought its mission to life with its inaugural creative nonfiction conference, HippoCamp, and, in 2016, launched its small press division, Books by Hippocampus.
Social Media Platforms Used
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Is Your Group Affiliated With A University, Portal Or Other Agency?
no
Primary Editor/Contact Person
Donna Talarico
Contact Title
Founder and Publisher
Submissions Policy
[pasted from our submissions page]
Hippocampus Magazine enthusiastically accepts unsolicited submissions in the following categories: memoir excerpt – a self-contained portion (chapter or selection) of a larger, book-length work
personal essay – a short narrative reflecting on a particular life experience or observation
flash creative nonfiction or a work of creative nonfiction in an experimental format Please read our current and past issues to familiarize yourself with our publication. We can tell you this: we like quirky, we like edgy, we like witty, we like smart, we like to be moved, we like pieces that stick with us. If you’ve submitted before, skip ahead to the “Submit” page; others, please read our guidelines, below, carefully.
Guidelines: Word Count, Formatting and Submission Information Please note: submissions not following our guidelines, below, will be automatically declined. Our blind reading process is important to us, and names on manuscripts is the most overlooked rule. Please take care in your submissions to us and all literary journals. Submissions should be no more than 4,000 words in the memoir and essay category and no more than 800 words for flash creative nonfiction pieces.
Submissions should be in Times New Roman or Arial (or similar), 12 pt. font. (No courier, please.)
Submissions should be double-spaced.
Submission pages should be numbered.
Submissions should NOT include your name or other identifying information.
(Clarification: From time to time we get questions when a submitter’s name is important to the story. We completely understand! This is bound to happen since, after all, we publish creative nonfiction where you, as the writer, are likely central to the story. Please use your judgement regarding your name appearing within the story, but PLEASE DO NOT include your name or contact information in the file name, header/footer or title page.)
Do not send us multiple submissions. Hippocampus will only accept one submission at a time from an author; we will automatically decline any additional submissions. If you are interested in submitting more than one piece to us, please wait until you receive a decision on one before submitting another.
Submissions not following the above guidelines will most often result in automatic decline.
We accept simultaneous submissions. Use Submittable’s “withdraw” feature to make us aware if another magazine accepts your publication. Hippocampus Magazine prefers previously unpublished work, but will entertain submissions that have appeared only in print. Please let us know if work was previously published elsewhere, and if we are required to notate that in our publication. (Ex: “This essay first appeared in XYZ Journal”)
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Simultaneous Submissions Accepted
yes
Reading Period
Year round
Reporting Time
weeks
Year Founded
2010
Number Of Issues Per Year
1
Back Issues Available
yes
Unsolicited Manuscripts Accepted
yes
Format
perfect
Publish Print Anthology?
yes
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