Hippocampus Magazine

2 months ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

In honor of the shortest month of the year which includes the loving-est day of the year, we’re holding our second annual We Love Short  Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction!Throughout the month of February, we’re inviting flash nonfiction writers to submit short essays (micro memoir) of up to 250 words; there is no theme. (View last year’s winner and runner-up here.)Our winner and two runners-up will be featured in a special We Love Short Shorts section of our March/April 2025 issue.

Jan 22, 2025 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

Change is the only certainty we have in life. Each new day brings with it some shift from the day that preceded it. We lose a job. We fall out of love. We move across the country. We find a new passion. We get a new work opportunity. We fall in love once more. Often, the pace of life is so quick, and the changes so constant, that we hardly have time to stop and reflect. But as we begin the new year, we are moved to contemplate these changes, and the changes we may want to make.

Dec 30, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

We’re always pleased to share updates from our family of contributor-alumni and HippoCamp presenters. Here’s what we’ve collected between our last update now; most of these were submitted via our form, but we also try to keep an eye for exciting news you share on social and your own newsletters. But we can’t catch everything, and we’d really LOVE to grow this feature, so please submit your news here for inclusion in a future update.

Dec 2, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

This year at Hippocampus Magazine we published 50+ pieces of creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers, and we are extremely proud of the brave, unique, and compelling voices we get to share with our readers in each issue. And every year, as award nomination deadlines loom, we’re faced with an incredible challenge. We are delighted to announce our six Pushcart Prize nominations; these stories represent our motto “Memorable Creative Nonfiction” well.

Nov 10, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Kate Sedor

Overnight camp is all my idea, not yours. I imagine you in a canoe, hiking through forests, making friendships that will last a lifetime, just like the website said. I imagine you without screens, realizing your skepticism at the purpose of walking in a forest was misguided. You do not want to go. Eventually, you resign yourself, seeing I that am not changing my mind. You are annoyed because the camp dates overlap with your twelfth birthday.