About

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

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

Our Approach

To ensure the integrity of the content, all unsolicited creative submissions to Hippocampus Magazine are read blindly by a few dozen members of our reading panel, a colorful crew of literary folks: freelance writers, published authors, teachers, scholars, avid readers, editors, poets, playwrights, journalists and others with a vested interest in creative nonfiction.While the bulk of our magazine contains unsolicited work, editors may also occasionally solicit materials from previously published authors.

This publication is a labor of love. (We know. That’s kind of cliche in the literary magazine circuit.) The editorial staff and panel of readers consists of gracious volunteers. Most have full-time jobs. Many are also working tirelessly on their own creative efforts. It is very important to note that members of our volunteer reading panel are not excluded from submitting material. Those pieces go through the same reading process; however, they do not read their own submissions. (We wanted to be transparent about that!)

Because we do not charge for our publication, nor charge reading fees, we host a few tastefully placed advertisements and affiliate links to help support the administrative costs of running online magazine (hosting, professional memberships, ads, writer incentives, etc.). The rest comes from our pocket change. If you are interested in supporting Hippocampus, we have an open project at Kickstarter.com, which will run through August 12, 2011.