An archive of posts relating to Hippocampus news and happenings, including special calls for submissions, contest alerts, award nominations, staff updates, book news, and general announcements.
[Editors Note: This post was updated at 1:30 p.m. ET on May 4 to reflect the winning announcement and to add links to each story.] Our amazing reading team has finished reviewing entries in Hippocampus Magazine’s third annual We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction, and we are thrilled to announce this year’s…
A recap of Hippocampus Magazine’s journey to AWP 2026 and our launch party for Selected Memories Vol. 2.
The 2026 We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction is open for Feb. 1-28, 2026. Prize: $250 + publication.
Selected Memories Vol. 2: Fifteen Years of Creative Nonfiction from Hippocampus Magazine will be release in March 2026
We’re always pleased to share updates from our family of contributors and presenters. Here’s our Fall 2025/Early 2026 edition.
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. We love doing these annual round-ups, and we somehow missed this in 2024. But we’re back with our tradition! We’re so proud of the work our volunteer editorial and reading team has done to produce six amazing issues and lots of content in between. We’re…
Hippocampus Magazine is delighted to announce our six Pushcart Prize nominations for 2025, which include three essays and three flash essays.
Congratulations to our 2025 Best of the Net nominees.
We collected a few stories from our archives that examine the often complex relationships we have with our dads, and how they shape us and follow us throughout our lives.
Five creative nonfiction pieces which explore the diverse range of relationships and experiences we have with our mothers.
