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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: The Quiet Memoir: Finding "Conflict" in a Quiet Life with Kate Meadows
DESCRIPTION: Event update: This event was originally scheduled for May 7. We’ll resend event information to those who’ve already registered. \nWe live in a society that is hungry for true stories of profound trauma and monumental recovery. But what if you’re a writer who doesn’t have an obvious rock-bottom-to-mountain-top story to share? Is there room for life stories that are quieter\, tamer? \nIn this talk\, writer/editor Kate Meadows will address this question head-on and share her own experience of coming to terms with (and ultimately defining for herself) “the quiet memoir.” In the end\, there is a market for “quieter” life stories. The key is to create resonating points with your reader. \nKate will focus on the following points in this talk: \n\nThe significance of conflict and how to identify possible points of tension in a quiet memoir\nVarious ways to think about conflict (hint: it’s more than just “a problem!”)\nWhy knowing your audience is critical\nHow to hone in on the true significance of your story\n\nAttendees will gain a better understanding and appreciation of the quiet memoir and learn how to approach stories with no obvious struggle in new and different ways. \nAbout the series: How-To Tuesdays are monthly talks on the craft of creative nonfiction\, publishing\, marketing and the writing life led by Hippocampus Magazine editors & contributors. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nAbout Our Speaker\nKate Meadows is a creative nonfiction writer\, editor and writing coach with an MFA in professional writing. Her work has appeared in Writer’s Digest\, Poets & Writers\, Chicken Soup for the Soul and elsewhere\, including in three anthologies published by Books by Hippocampus: Dine\, Ink\, and Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction. The latter includes Kate’s essay about the very topic of this webinar\, the quiet memoir! \nKate leads a private online writing community called StoryCore. Recently she collaborated with the only officially licensed artist for Harley-Davidson motorcycles\, Scott Jacobs\, to write and publish his life story. Kate lives in Rapid City\, South Dakota\, with her husband\, two sons and a Boxer named Nellie. www.katemeadows.com
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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: Quieting the Doubts and Rising Above: Thoughts on Impostor Syndrome with Athena Dixon
DESCRIPTION:Almost 70% of people experience impostor syndrome in their lifetimes\, but in the midst of it everything seems lonely and echoing. In this discussion\, writer Athena Dixon will give an overview of impostor syndrome– what it is\, how to identify it\, and perhaps how we can begin to work through it and use it to our advantage. \n\nHow does impostor syndrome show up both on the page and off?\nHow do we begin to not only recognize it\, but also give ourselves both grace and strength when attempting to manage it?\nHow does impostor syndrome speak to parts of our creative selves that may need attention?\n\nAthena will share her experiences with these doubts along with tips on how we can both embrace and combat these feelings as means of better approaching the page. \nAbout the series: How-To Tuesdays are monthly talks on the craft of creative nonfiction\, publishing\, marketing and the writing life led by Hippocampus Magazine editors & contributors. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nAbout Our Speaker\nBorn and raised in northeast Ohio\, Athena Dixon is the author of the essay collections The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press) and The Loneliness Files (Tin House). Her work also appears in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar\, Shenandoah\, Grub Street\, Narratively\, and Lit Hub among others. She is a consulting editor for Fourth Genre and serves as the nonfiction/hybrid editor for Split/Lip Press. She resides in Philadelphia.
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Online Weekend 2024: Multiple Events [ticket package page]
DESCRIPTION: Note that you can still sign up for the full package up to two hours before the final event begins on Sunday; you will get access to all events by recording. \n“HippoCamp Weekend” will include four separate events\, plus evening “chill and chats\,” which will be informal Zoom meetings that allow registered attendees to connect and reflect. \nFull Weekend Overview & Ticket Package\n\nWe’re offering a full weekend package at a discounted rate on this page\, and you may also register for individual events. \n\n\n\nEVENT\nDAY & TIME – all times are ET\nDETAILS & REGISTRATION\n\n\nHippoCamp Minis: Craft \nFive 10-minute sessions on craft-based topics specific or relevant to creative nonfiction. \nSaturday\, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\n$25 if purchased individually\, see full details here\n\n\nA Night of Nonfiction: Debut CNF Author Readers & Discussion \nReadings from five debut authors\, plus a featured reader\, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A.\nSaturday\, 6-8 p.m.\nDonate what-you-wish ($10\, suggested)\, see full details here\n\n\nHippoCamp Minis: Publishing & Promotion \nFive 10-minute sessions on getting your work out there. \nSunday\, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\n$25 if purchased individually\, see full details here\n\n\nAn Evening With the Editors: Lit Mag & Small Press Roundtable \nA moderated discussion with five lit mag and small press editors\, followed by an audience Q&A.\nSunday\, 6-8 p.m.\n$25 if purchased individually\, see full details here\n\n\n\nWEEKEND PACKAGE TICKETS\nYou may purchase a ticket for the entire weekend here. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart.
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis: CRAFT - 5 CNF Writing Topics in a Flash
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes two hours before start time.   \nSome conferences call these fast-paced events lightning round talks. In honor of the short CNF subgenre\, we call them flash sessions! These have always been a popular and fun part of our in-person HippoCamp conference and\, this year\, we’re once again bringing their magic online. \nIn our Satuday HippoCamp Minis sessions\, you’ll hear from five speakers who will share bite-sized wisdom with practical takeaways on a topic they’re passionate about\, all related to writing creative nonfiction. \nNote: This is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of Aug.10-11! Read about all of them here. \nThis webinar session will feature: \n\nYoung Adult (YA) Creative Nonfiction (Jiordan Castle)\nSession description: A short session focused on honoring (and raising!) the stakes\, characters\, and themes in YA nonfiction. Participants will learn new strategies for character- and world-building\, pitfalls to avoid\, and how to repurpose memories and life events with integrity. \nAbout the speaker: Jiordan Castle is the author of Disappearing Act\, a memoir in verse. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Rumpus\, The Millions\, Taco Bell Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She is a contributor to the LA-based food and culture magazine Compound Butter. Originally from New York\, she has an MFA in poetry from Hunter College and lives in Philadelphia. \n\nHumor in Creative Nonfiction (Maryann Aita)\nSession description: Writers will leave this quick-witted workshop with tools to help them determine when and how to incorporate humor into their creative nonfiction. We’ll discuss guiding questions to ask while writing and explore using rhetorical devices to craft humor. This is for writers of all levels who are looking to find more funny in their stories. \nAbout the speaker: Maryann Aita (rhymes with beta) is a writer and performer in New York City and the author of Little Astronaut: A Memoir in Essays (ELJ Editions\, 2022). She is also the nonfiction editor for Press Pause Press\, a journal with zero social media presence. She has three cats. \n\n5 Journalism Tips for CNF Writers (Molly Bilinski\, articles editor)\nSession description: A rapid-fire workshop with journalism tips and tricks to bolster writers pursuing creative nonfiction and/or memoir. Participants will learn some journalistic methods of researching\, sourcing\, interviewing and editing. Participants will leave the workshop with new skills and strategies to enhance their own writing. \nAbout the speaker: \nMolly Bilinski is an award-winning journalist and storyteller based in Monroe County\, Pennsylvania. She writes on the environment and science beat for LehighValleyNews.com\, but her byline has also appeared in the Reading Eagle\, The Press of Atlantic City and The Morning Call. She was the first-place winner of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s 2022 Diversity Portfolio. \nMolly earned her master’s of fine arts in creative nonfiction in June 2024 from Wilkes University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is Hippocampus Magazine’s articles editor\, in charge of the CRAFT and WRITING LIFE columns. \n\nExpert-Level Goofing Around (Jenny Hill)\nSession description: In this session\, we’ll explore a few of the many ways you can invite play and spontaneity into your writing life. Play increases problem solving skills\, fosters more innovative thinking\, and reduces stress. It’s a core part of the creative process! Discover how to nurture and keep play in your practice. \nAbout the speaker: Jennifer (Jenny) Hill is a published poet\, circus performer\, and arts educator who has worked as a teaching artist with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for 24 years. Everything she does begins with play. You can find more about her online at actsofjennius.com. \n\nWhat CNF Writers Can Import from Poetry (Doug Van Gundy)\nSession description: Creative nonfiction and poetry share a long and undefended border.  Many craft elements —immediacy\, lyricism\, arresting imagery\, and others — enjoy dual citizenship.  But there is still much the CNF writer can learn from a visit in the land of poetry and\, once back on her side of the border\, adapt to her own needs and purposes. \nAbout the speaker: Doug Van Gundy directs the Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at West Virginia Wesleyan College. His poems and essays have appeared in many journals\, including Poetry\, Guernica\, Poets & Writers\, and The Oxford American. He is the author of a book of poems\, A Life Above Water and co-editor of the anthology Eyes Glowing at the Edge of the Woods: Contemporary Writing from West Virginia. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nEvents will be recorded and all registered attendees will get video link. \nYou may reserve a ticket for just this event ($25) or purchase a package for the entire weekend ($75); choose your option below. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart. \n\n	\n\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n\n		\n\n\n\n	Tickets\n\n		\n	\n	\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.	\n\n\n		\n		\n		\n	\n		Tickets are no longer available
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SUMMARY:A Night of Nonfiction: Debut CNF Author Readings & Discussions - Summer 2024
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes two hours before the event.  \nThis is the online version of our ever-popular in-person event\, which was first held in the summer of 2015 at our inaugural HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction! \nThis event will feature readings from five debut CNF authors\, followed by a special guest reading and then a panel discussion\, led by Lara Lillibridge from the Hippocampus Magazine interviews team. Learn more about (or purchase!) their books at our Bookshop affiliate site. \nThis is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of the 10-11th! Read about all of them here. \nThe 2024 Night of Nonfiction will feature: \nAnnabelle Tometich (The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit\, Florida & Felony) \nAnnabelle Tometich went from medical-school reject to line cook to journalist to author. She spent 18 years as a food writer and restaurant critic for The News-Press in her hometown of Fort Myers\, Florida. Her first book\, “The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit\, Florida\, and Felony” (April 2024\, Little Brown) was called “sweet\, sharp” by The New York Times. \nTometich’s writing has appeared in The Washington Post\, USA Today\, Catapult\, the Tampa Bay Times\, and many more outlets. She has won more than a dozen awards for her stories\, including first place for Food & Travel Writing at the 2022 Sunshine State Awards. She (still) lives in Fort Myers with her husband\, two children\, and her ever-fiery Filipina mother. \n\nAudrey Jean (Dear Dad You’re Dead\, Dear Dead You’re Dad: Poems\, Essays\, and Reflections from a Youngest Daughter) \nGrowing up\, Audrey Jean (she/her) knew she was going to be an author one day\, she just wasn’t sure how. Or when. Let alone of what. But there was always something to say\, and she was keen to find a way to say it. Her next book\, which she hopes won’t be as depressing as this one\, is planned for a 2025 release\, and will be her first foray into fiction (and romance!).When she’s not writing something or other\, you can usually find her trying to make a dent in her ever-growing TBR pile\, working on training her cats to take walks\, or stewing over a new cookbook with flour inevitably streaked over her front. \nIf that doesn’t work\, look in the mirror\, spin around twice while saying\, “Do you want to watch the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice?” and she’ll show up behind you with a bottle of wine\, ready to go. \nIf you’re interested in connecting and seeing what’s coming next\, you can find her at: audreyjean.net | Instagram: audreyjean_writes \n\nCarole Duff (Wisdom Builds Her House) \nCarole Duff is a veteran teacher\, flutist\, naturalist\, and writer of creative nonfiction. She posts weekly to her long-standing blog Notes from Vanaprastha and has written for Brevity blog\, Huffington Post\, Mockingbird\, Please See Me\, Streetlight Magazine\, The Perennial Gen now The Sage Forum\, for which she is a regular contributor\, and other publications. Her book Wisdom Builds Her House releases August 20\,\, 2024. Carole lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband\, another third-stage-of-life\, debut author K.A. Kenny (The Starflower)\, and two\, large overly-friendly dogs. You can contact Carole through her website: caroleduff.com. \n\nIsaac Yuen (Utter\, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-than-human-world) \nA first-generation Hong Kong Canadian writer based in Berlin\, Isaac Yuen’s short fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in AGNI\, Gulf Coast\, Orion\, Pleiades\, The Pushcart Prize Anthology\, Shenandoah\, and of course\, Hippocampus\, among other places. He was a nature writer-in-residence at the Jan Michalski Foundation for Literature in Switzerland\, a Science Meets Fiction fellow at the HWK Institute in Advanced Study in Germany\, and will be an upcoming artist-in-residence with the La Napoule Foundation in France. Utter\, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-than-Human World is his debut essay collection. \n\nZoë Bossiere (Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir) \nZoë Bossiere (they/she) is writer from Tucson\, Arizona. They are the managing editor of Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction and the coeditor of two anthologies: The Best of Brevity and The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins. Bossiere’s debut\, Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir chronicles their experiences growing up as a trans boy in a Tucson\, Arizona trailer park. \n\nLilly Dancyger\, special guest reader (First Love: Essays on Friendship + others) \nLilly Dancyger is the author of First Love: Essays on Friendship (The Dial Press\, 2024)\, a collection of personal and critical essays about the power and complexity of female friendship; and Negative Space (SFWP\, 2021)\, a reported and illustrated memoir selected by Carmen Maria Machado as a winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. She lives in New York City\, and is a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts. Her writing has been published by Guernica\, Literary Hub\, The Rumpus\, Longreads\, Off Assignment\, The Washington Post\, Playboy\, Rolling Stone\, and more. She writes the Substack newsletter The Word Cave. \n\nModerator: Lara Lillibridge\nLara Lillibridge (she/they) is the author of Mama\, Mama\, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent; Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home\, and co-editor of the anthology\, Feminine Rising. Her essay collection: The Truth About Unringing Phones\, releases March 2024 with Unsolicited Press. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nEvents will be recorded and all registered attendees will get video link. \nYou may reserve a ticket for just this event by making a donation of any size (including a free ticket) OR you may purchase a package for the entire weekend ($75); choose your option below. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart. \n\n	\n\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n\n		\n\n\n\n	Tickets\n\n		\n	\n	\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis: Publishing & Promotion - 5 CNF Topics in a Flash
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes two hours before start time.   \nSome conferences call these fast-paced events lightning round talks. In honor of the short CNF subgenre\, we call them flash sessions! These have always been a popular and fun part of our in-person HippoCamp conference and\, this year\, we’re once again bringing their magic online. \nIn our Sunday HippoCamp Minis sessions\, you’ll hear from five speakers (including Hippocampus Magazine editors) who will share bite-sized wisdom with practical takeaways on a topic they’re passionate about\, all related to promoting and publishing creative nonfiction. \nNote: This is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of Aug.10-11! Read about all of them here. \nThis webinar session will feature: \n\nPlanning the DIY Book Tour (Melanie Brooks)\nSession description: This flash session will  share some hard-earned wisdom and insights to consider when promoting your book and planning your own tour without a publicist. Participants will gain tips on approaching bookstores and libraries\, partnering with other authors\, using local media and targeted organizations\, marketing\, anticipating challenges\, event preparation\, and more. \nAbout the speaker: Melanie Brooks is the author of the memoir A Hard Silence: One daughter remaps family\, grief\, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all (Vine Leaves Press\, 2023)\, shortlisted for the 2024 Memoir Prize from Memoir Magazine\, named a 2023 Foreword INDIES Finalist\, and Winner of a Bronze Medal in the Wishing Shelf BookAwards\, and Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma (Beacon Press\, 2017). She teaches creative nonfiction in the M.F.A. program at Bay Path University and in the M.F.A. program at Western Connecticut State University and professional writing at Northeastern University. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast writing program and a certificate in narrative medicine from Columbia University. She’s had numerous interviews and essays on topics ranging from illness\, loss\, and grief to parenting and aging published in the The Boston Globe\, The Washington Post\, HuffPost\, Yankee Magazine\, Psychology Today\,  Ms. Magazine\, Creative Nonfiction\, and other notable publications. Though she is still a proud Canadian\, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband\, two children (when they are home from university in Toronto)\, and chocolate Lab. \n\nFinding & Landing an Agent (Amy Fish)\nSession description: Everyone wants an agent but no one knows where\, or how\, to find one. Join Amy for this flash workshop where she will offer seven quick tips that you can implement immediately to bring yourself closer to representation. Participants will learn how to set themselves up for success\, how to remain persistent when they are discouraged\, and how to research agents that might be a good fit. Everyone will walk away with actionable steps for their agent search plan. \nAbout the speaker: Amy Fish is a committed HippoCamper and a born story-teller with a tendency to over-research. Her latest Chapbook\, Honeymoon Sneakers: A Cautionary Tale (Cactus Press 2024) came out a few months ago\, and she is the author of the forthcoming One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor’s Lost Identity (Goose Lane Editions 2025). Amy writes a weekly Substack called Persistence for Writers. \n\nCrafting the Perfect Author Bio (Joey Garcia)\nSession description: When a radio talk show host\, podcaster\, or TV producer requests your bio before a scheduled interview\, do you have the right one to send? What about bios for other opportunities related to the business of being an author? In this fast-paced\, content-rich session\, learn what belongs in your bio\, what raises red flags\, and how to write bios that level up your literary career. \nAbout the speaker: Joey Garcia is an editor and book coach who helps writers get known while she’s editing their books. Her clients have been featured in major media\, including The Wall Street Journal\, Smithsonian magazine\, Ms. magazine\, CNN\, and The Tamron Hall Show. A recognized relationship expert\, Joey has been interviewed by USA Today\, Deutsche Welle\, KVIE public television\, KTLA radio\, and the Dear Prudence podcast. Joey’s personal essays can be found in Hippocampus CNF magazine\, Hypertext\, the Brevity blog and (HER)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic\, among others. In 2017\, Joey established the first-ever literary fellowship in Belize\, her birthplace. \n\nFinding & Applying for Artists Grants (Rae Pagliarulo\, associate editor)\nRae Pagliarulo \nSession description: What would you do with $5\,000 or $10\,000 just to work on your writing? In this session you’ll learn about where to look for grant opportunities\, what you’ll need to apply\, and how this seemingly-unreachable source of revenue can help move your project from floundering to finished! \nAbout the speaker: Rae Pagliarulo works as a nonprofit fundraising consultant in her lifelong home of Philadelphia. Her essays\, poems\, and articles have appeared in Full Grown People\, bedfellows\, Hippocampus\, The Manifest-Station\, r.kv.r.y. quarterly\, the Brevity Blog\, and numerous others. Her work is anthologized in The Best of Philadelphia Stories: 10th Anniversary Edition. She is the 2014 recipient of the Sandy Crimmins National Poetry Prize\, a 2019 Best of the Net nominee\, and a graduate of Rosemont College’s MFA program. \n\nReaching Readers\, Not Just Writers (Donna Talarico\, founder/managing editor)\nSession description: Often\, we promote our work among writerly circles\, but what about the everyday reader? Those folks who love to immerse themselves in true stories\, but who you also won’t find in the online and real-life literary communities we spend so much time in. In this brief talk\, Donna will dive into discoverability and explore ways readers can find YOU and what you write about. She’ll cover researching and using keywords\, writing for search engines (including AI assistants)\, crafting marketing copy for products and events\, and finding opportunities to collaborate with local partners. \nAbout the speaker: Donna Talarico\, founder/publisher of Hippocampus Magazine\, has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications; about half of that time has been in higher education. She serves as an editor for Link Journal (from the HighEdWeb Association)\, writes an adult learner recruiting column for Wiley\, and has contributed to Guardian Higher Education Network\, The Writer\, mental_floss\, Games World of Puzzles\, and others. Her creative nonfiction appears in The Superstition Review\, The Los Angeles Review\, The New York Times (Tiny Love Stories)\, Wanderlust Journal\, and The Writing Disorder (which nominated her essay “A Prequel to My Sister’s” for a Pushcart Prize). Donna serves on the residency faculty (with a focus on the business of publishing) at the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University. \n\n\n  \nTICKET OPTIONS\nEvents will be recorded and all registered attendees will get video link. \nYou may reserve a ticket for just this event ($25) or purchase a package for the entire weekend ($75); choose your option below. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart. \n\n	\n\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n\n		\n\n\n\n	Tickets\n\n		\n	\n	\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.	\n\n\n		\n		\n		\n	\n		Tickets are no longer available
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocamp-minis-publishing-2024/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Hippo Organizing,Marketing/Promotion,Online,Publishing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T180000
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SUMMARY:An Evening With the Editors: A Lit Mag & Small Press Roundtable
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes two hours before start time.   \nJoin us for an evening of all things CNF publishing. Hippocampus Magazine associate editor Rae Pagliarulo will moderate a discussion with five literary magazine/small press publishers. \n\nget a behind-the-scenes look at the submissions process\nfind out what they’re looking for their respective publications\nlearn a bit about the writer-editor relationship\n….and so much more\n\nThere will be plenty of time for audience questions at the end. \nNote: This is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of Aug.10-11! Read about all of them here. \nThis webinar session will feature: \n\nDW McKinney of Shenandoah Literary\nDW McKinney is a writer and editor based in Las Vegas\, Nevada. A 2024 Torch Literary Arts Fellow\, she is the recipient of fellowships from the VCCA\, PERIPLUS Collective\, Writing By Writers\, Voodoonauts\, and The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. Her work appears in Oxford American\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Ecotone\, TriQuarterly\, and Narratively\, among others. She also serves as a nonfiction editor at Shenandoah Literary. Learn more about her at www.dwmckinney.com. \n\nHattie Fletcher of Short Reads and Belt Publishing\nHattie Fletcher is a senior editor at Belt Publishing and a co-founder of “Short Reads\,” a weekly email-based publication showcasing flash nonfiction. She was the managing editor at Creative Nonfiction from 2004 – 2022 and the editor of the monthly True Story magazine. \nStories she’s worked on have been reprinted in the Best American Essays\, Best American Travel Writing and the Best Women’s Travel Writing and have been awarded the Pushcart Prize. She is an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh\, where she teaches “Editing for Writers.” \n\nKristine Langley Mahler of Split/Lip Press\nKristine Langley Mahler is the author of three nonfiction books\, A CALENDAR IS A SNAKESKIN (Autofocus\, 2023)\, CURING SEASON: ARTIFACTS (West Virginia University Press\, 2022)\, and TEEN QUEEN TRAINING (forthcoming with Autofocus\, 2026). Her work has been supported by the Nebraska Arts Council and Art at Cedar Point\, twice named Notable in Best American Essays\, and has appeared in print and online at DIAGRAM\, Fourth Genre\, Ninth Letter\, Brevity\, and Hunger Mountain\, among others. She is the director of Split/Lip Press. A memoirist experimenting with the truth on the suburban prairie\, Kristine makes her home outside Omaha\, Nebraska. Her work may be found at kristinelangleymahler.com or @suburbanprairie.\n\nMichael B. Tager of Mason Jar Press\nAbout the speaker: Michael B.  Tager is the managing editor of Mason Jar Press and ostensibly the author of Pop Culture Poetry: the Definitive Collection. He is also well aware of the fleeting nature of life\, so doesn’t really claim ownership of anything. One time he beat Contra without using the Konami Code and estimates that he had to burn several hundred hours of his life becoming good enough to do that. His website is Michaelbtager.com. \n\nSteph Auteri of Hippocampus Magazine (essays editor)\nSteph Auteri has written for the Atlantic\, the Guardian\, Pacific Standard\, VICE\, and other publications. Her more literary work has appeared in Poets & Writers\, Creative Nonfiction\, Under the Gum Tree\, and elsewhere. She is the author of A Dirty Word and the founder of Guerrilla Sex Ed. \n\nRae Pagliarulo\, moderator (associate editor/flash editor)\n \nRae Pagliarulo works as a nonprofit fundraising consultant in her lifelong home of Philadelphia. Her essays\, poems\, and articles have appeared in Full Grown People\, bedfellows\, Hippocampus\, The Manifest-Station\, r.kv.r.y. quarterly\, the Brevity Blog\, and numerous others. Her work is anthologized in The Best of Philadelphia Stories: 10th Anniversary Edition. She is the 2014 recipient of the Sandy Crimmins National Poetry Prize\, a 2019 Best of the Net nominee\, and a graduate of Rosemont College’s MFA program. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\n\nYou may purchase a ticket for just this event ($25) or register for the entire weekend ($75); choose your option below: \n\n	\n\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n\n		\n\n\n\n	Tickets\n\n		\n	\n	\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.	\n\n\n		\n		\n		\n	\n		Tickets are no longer available
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/editor-roundtable-2024/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Community,Craft,Education,Hippo Organizing,Marketing/Promotion,Online,Publishing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T190000
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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: Diving Into Topics that Matter to You: Writing & Publishing Op-Eds With Kelly Caldwell
DESCRIPTION:We’re living through an era when other people’s opinions are on blast\, all the time\, everywhere we go. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t voice your own —  it just means you might want to do so effectively\, and with style. \nIn this session\, we’ll discuss how to go beyond downloading our thoughts to crafting a good op-ed\, one where writers share their expertise and weigh-in on the most critical issues of the day. \nIn this session\, together we’ll explore: \n\nBlending the art of creative writing with the tools of logic\, both of which are key to writing an op-ed that works;\nFinding the right audience for your work\, preferably in an outlet that pays;\nGenerating ideas for and outlining a few op-eds of your own.\n\nOp-eds are a good way for new writers to break into publishing and for established ones to expand their brand or promote forthcoming books. And in the fever swamp of our current public life\, you don’t want to write something sloppy that\, three news cycles later\, you’re apologizing for on social media. \nWe hope you will join us! Note: All registered attendees will get a link to the recording\, so be sure to register even if you cannot make it life. \nAbout the series: How-To Tuesdays are monthly talks on the craft of creative nonfiction\, publishing\, marketing and the writing life led by Hippocampus Magazine editors & contributors. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nKelly Caldwell’s essays\, articles\, and op-eds have appeared in Vox\, House Beautiful\, The Writer\, sugarsugarsalt\, Pacific Standard\, the Huffington Post\, and Newsday\, among others. She teaches creative nonfiction and is dean of faculty for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City. So far\, she hasn’t published anything that’s prompted Neil DeGrasse Tyson to mock her on social media.  \nAll of our speakers have a connection to Hippocampus Magazine. Her work also appears in our craft anthology\, Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction (Hippocampus Books).
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to-tuesday-writing-op-eds-caldwell/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,How-to Tuesdays,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000
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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: Exploring Forms in CNF: What's a Hermit Crab Doing in My Essay? 
DESCRIPTION:In this How-To Tuesday\, we’ll talk about one of the most fun experimental forms of creative nonfiction: the hermit crab essay! \nThese forms can also be an effective way to approach sensitive topics with levity and wit. Your essay could take the form of anything\, from a recipe or personals ad to a corporate memo or a weather report! Think outside the box! \nTogether\, in this session we will: \n\ntalk about what they are and how they work\nlook at great examples of hermit crab essays\nstart thinking about how to create our own\n\nIf you’ve always been curious about experimental forms creative nonfiction — or you just want a refresher! — this session will leave you inspired and ready to write. \nAbout the series: How-To Tuesdays are monthly(ish) talks on the craft of creative nonfiction\, publishing\, marketing\, and the writing life led by Hippocampus Magazine editors & contributors. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nAbout Our Speaker\n \nRae Pagliarulo is associate editor of Hippocampus Magazine. She works as a nonprofit fundraising consultant in her lifelong home of Philadelphia. Her essays\, poems\, and articles have appeared in Full Grown People\, bedfellows\, Hippocampus\, The Manifest-Station\, r.kv.r.y. quarterly\, the Brevity Blog\, and numerous others. Her work is anthologized in The Best of Philadelphia Stories: 10th Anniversary Edition. \nRae is the 2014 recipient of the Sandy Crimmins National Poetry Prize\, a 2019 Best of the Net nominee\, and a graduate of Rosemont College’s MFA program.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to-tuesday-whats-a-hermit-crab-doing-in-my-essay/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,How-to Tuesdays,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T153000
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive: Can’t Draw? Let’s Make Comics! Exploring Graphic & Hybrid Memoir (Sunday\, Option 1)
DESCRIPTION:New this year\, we’re holding two intensive/generative 90-minute workshops each day; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration. \n **If you are having trouble checking out** you may now also purchase a registration at our Books website — this is a temporary workaround until our magazine website issue is resolved.  \n\nAre you a writer who needs to get unstuck? \nAre you comics-curious? \nLove graphic memoirs but no idea how to start? \nIn this workshop\, no drawing skills are needed – come as you are. We’ll dive into how to start making comics\, gently explore areas of resistance\, and build our capacity for vulnerability. Together\, we’ll discuss what graphic memoir is and practice making some work together. You’ll leave with: \n\na how-to toolbox about the language and construction of comics\nprompts to help you tenderly approach moments of resistance in your creative practice\nstrategies for starting a regular comics practice\n\nCome join me! Let’s draw together! \nThis session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with instructor and each other. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen.  \n\nAbout the speaker: Cara Gormally (they/them) is a cartoonist\, researcher\, and professor. Cara’s narrative nonfiction comics remix autobiographical stories with research to make science relatable. Their comics have appeared in the Washington Post\, Mutha Magazine\, and other places. Their debut graphic memoir\, Everything is Fine\, I’ll Just Work Harder\, is a story about an unexpected healing journey to come home to themself\, was published in April from Street Noise Books. A D.C. metro area resident\, Cara is an avid morning person\, loves nerdy research deep dives\, and has more questions than answers. \n\nTICKET INFO
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/deep-dive-comics/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T140000
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive: Writing from the Heart: Where Grief Becomes Art (Sunday\, Option 2)
DESCRIPTION:New this year\, we’re holding two intensive/generative 90-minute workshops each day; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration.  \n **If you are having trouble checking out** you may now also purchase a registration at our Books website — this is a temporary workaround until our magazine website issue is resolved.  \n\nGrief\, though universal\, makes us uncomfortable\, especially when complicated by circumstances associated with shame or stigma. During this ninety-minute workshop\, memoirists Melanie Brooks and Eileen Vorbach Collins\, will discuss how giving words to hard stories — one about suicide loss\, the other about HIV/AIDS — allowed them to remap their losses\, process their experiences\, and explore life in the new normal after loss. \nModerated by Lisa Cooper Ellison\, a trauma-informed writing coach\, the session will open with short readings by the authors. Together\, they’ll discuss the personal and cultural challenges of telling grief stories\, how they used writing to process their experiences\, and the writing lessons they learned along the way. The workshop will include a short\, guided writing exercise\, time for participants to share\, and a Q&A session. \nAbout the speakers:  \nMelanie Brooks\nMelanie Brooks is the author of A Hard Silence and Writing Hard Stories. She teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA programs at Bay Path University and Western Connecticut State University and professional writing at Northeastern University. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine and a certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. Her essays and interviews have been published in The Boston Globe\, HuffPost\, Yankee\, The Washington Post\, Ms.\, Psychology Today\, The Globe and Mail\, and other notable publications. She lives in New Hampshire. \n\nEileen Vorbach Collins\nEileen Vorbach Collins writes true stories she wishes were fiction and fairy tales she wishes were true. Her essays have received the Diana Woods Memorial Award for Creative Nonfiction\, The Gabriele Rico Challenge Award\, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award\, and two Pushcart Prize nominations.  Her essay collection\, Love in the Archives\, a Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss\, published in 2023\, was a Foreword Indies Finalist and received a Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence and the Sarton Women’s Book Award for memoir. \n\nLisa Cooper Ellison\nLisa Cooper Ellison is an author\, speaker\, trauma-informed writing coach\, and host of the Writing Your Resilience podcast. She works at the intersection of storytelling and healing\, blending personal experience with suicide loss and complex PTSD with clinical training to help writers transform difficult experiences into powerful art. Her essays and stories have appeared on Risk! and in The New York Times\, HuffPost\, Hippocampus Magazine\, Kenyon Review Online\, and other notable outlets. \n\nThis session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with speakers and each other. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen.  \n\nTICKET INFO
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/deep-dive-grief-2025-sunday/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Conference,Craft,Hippo Organizing,Online
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SUMMARY:Gotham Writers Nonfiction Conference
DESCRIPTION:Gotham Writers hosts a variety of workshops and conferences each year\, both in New York City and virtually. \nAmong them is the Gotham Writers Nonfiction Conference\, slated for March 21-22\, 2025. This online\, two-day event will feature a variety of TBA sessions and panels. Donna Talarico\, our founder and publisher\, will be part of a nonfiction book marketing panel. \nGet all the details at the Gotham Writers website.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/gotham-writers-nonfiction-conference/
CATEGORIES:Hippo Participating,Marketing/Promotion,Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817
DTSTAMP:20260726T152617
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Online Weekend 2026: Multiple Events [Ticket Package Page]
DESCRIPTION: Registered attendees will get access to event recordings for 30 days\, with the exception of Deep Dives. \nHippoCamp Online Weekend\, the virtual version of our conference founded in 2015\, will include four separate webinar events\, plus evening “chill and chats\,” which will be informal Zoom meetings that allow registered attendees to connect and reflect. As an optional add-on\, there will be two Deep Dive sessions to choose from each day. \nAt a Glance: An Overview of the Weekend’s Events\nYou may register for events separately or purchase a weekend package on this page. A brief description and links to each individual event page are listed in this table. \n\n\n\nEVENT\nDAY & TIME\nall times are ET\nDETAILS & REGISTRATION\n\n\nHippoCamp Minis: Craft \nFive 10-minute sessions on craft-based topics specific or relevant to creative nonfiction. \nSaturday\, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\n$30\, register or see details here\n\n\nA Night of Nonfiction: Debut CNF Author Readers & Discussion \nReadings from debut authors\, plus a featured reader\, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A.\nSaturday\, 6-8 p.m.\nFree/Donate what-you-can ($10 suggested)\, register or see details here\n\n\nHippoCamp Minis: Publishing\, Promotion & the Writing Life \nFive 10-minute sessions on getting your work out there. \nSunday\, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\n$30\, register or see details here\n\n\nAn Evening with the Book Champions: A Publishing & Publicity Roundtable \nA moderated discussion with publicists and agents\, followed by an audience Q&A.\nSunday\, 6-8 p.m.\n$30\, register or see details here\n\n\nOPTIONAL ADD-ONS\n(Not part of weekend ticket package)\nDAY & TIME – all times are ET\nDETAILS & REGISTRATION\n\n\nDeep Dives  (purchase separately) \n90-minute\, interactive session in meeting format. Seating limited. These are live only\, not recorded. \nSaturday & Sunday\n2 to 3:30 p.m.\n($50 each; not part of weekend package; sharing here as FYI) \nSaturday\, Option 1\nScenes that Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir & What Goes w/ Ronit Plank \nSaturday\, Option 2\nPostmarked: Modern Takes on the Ancient Art of Letters w/ Brenda Miller \nSunday\, Option 1\nMaking a Newsletter Work for You w/ Allison K Williams \nSunday\, Option 2\nMining Your Obsessions: Writing (Nearly) Endless Essays On One Subject w/ Elizabeth Austin\n\n\n\nPURCHASE WEEKEND PACKAGE TICKETS\nYou may purchase a ticket for the entire weekend on this page. You will get individual Zoom invites by for EACH webinar closer to the event. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart. \nIf you prefer to only attend one or two events\, you may purchase tickets a la carte at the individual page for each event\, linked above or see the full list at our main calendar page.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocamp-online-weekend-2026-multiple-events-ticket-package-page/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Community,Conference,Craft,Hippo Organizing,Marketing/Promotion,Online,Publishing,Reading
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis: CRAFT - 5 CNF Writing Topics in a Flash (2026)
DESCRIPTION:  Registration includes access to the recording for 30 days. \nSome conferences call these fast-paced events lightning round talks. In honor of the short CNF subgenre\, we call them flash sessions! These have always been a popular and fun part of our in-person HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers and\, this year\, we’re once again bringing their magic online. \nIn our Saturday HippoCamp Minis sessions\, you’ll hear from five speakers who will share bite-sized wisdom with practical takeaways on a topic they’re passionate about\, all related to writing creative nonfiction. \nThis is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of the 15-16th! Read about all of them here. \n\nAbout the Sessions & Speakers\nThis webinar will feature the following five flash sessions: \nDid You Get My (sub)Text? (Wendy Fontaine)\nWhen we write creative nonfiction\, there’s the story we want to tell and then there’s the story beneath the story. That’s where subtext comes in. Subtext is the underlying meaning that gives our writing depth and texture\, the unspoken clues and suggestions that allow our readers to connect the dots. In this flash session\, you will learn to: \n\ncreate layers using word choice\, detail\, and blank space\nstrengthen themes\, connotation\, and nuance\nfind balance between clarity and subtlety\n\n \nAbout the Speaker: Wendy Fontaine is the flash editor at Hippocampus Magazine. Her work has appeared in dozens of literary journals and magazines including Pithead Chapel\, Hippocampus Magazine\, Longridge Review\, Creative Nonfiction’s Sunday Reads\, Sweet Lit and Yemassee. She has received nonfiction prizes from Identity Theory\, Hunger Mountain and Tiferet Journal\, as well as nominations to the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthologies. A native New Englander\, she currently resides in southern California with her daughter and husband. \n\nMeasure Twice\, Cut Once: How to Edit Your Pieces Before Submission (Marissa Gallerani)\nEditors are said to have a keen eye\, but what happens when you want to use their skills before you submit your work? \nIn this talk focused on editing for writers\, Hippocampus contributor Marissa Gallerani will share her tips and tricks to polishing your pieces before submission. The session will: \n\nreview the importance of editing and explore how editing can improve a piece\nprovide tangible tips that writers can implement with their own work\ndefine different editing strategies for fiction and non-fiction pieces alike\nshare how to be your own best editor when no one else is around\n\nAttendees will leave feeling more confident about their own editing skills\, and with practical tips to use for their short and longform writing. \nAbout the Speaker: Marissa Gallerani is a queer and disabled writer\, living and working in Providence\, RI. She holds a MFA from the Newport MFA at Salve Regina University\, and has had featured publications in Hippocampus\, Write or Die\, and The Harvard Review Online\, among others. She has taught at Salve Regina University\, the New England Institute of Technology\, Write or Die\, and has courses forthcoming this year with Elegant Literature. \nMarissa writes The Chaotic Reader newsletter on Substack\, where she details the life of a working writer by interviewing authors\, and analyzes literature through the lens of political science. A book club dropout who loves fantasy the most\, she will read anything and knows that reading books and buying books are two separate hobbies. \n\nWriters with ADHD: Throw Away the Rulebook (B.K. Jackson)\nWriting poses numerous challenges for people with ADHD\, and much of the problem stems from trying to follow advice that’s intended for neurotypical people. In this flash session you’ll learn to: \n\nunderstand how conventional wisdom and writing advice can hinder rather than help neurodivergent writers\nwork with your ADHD brain instead of against it\nrecognize the roadblocks ADHD builds and overcome or work around them\nharness those aspects of ADHD that boost creativity\n\n \nAbout the Speaker: B.K. (Kate) Jackson is an author; a developmental editor and certified book coach; and a journalist with bylines in HuffPost\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Sun\, SurvivorLit\, Whale Road Review\, Hippocampus Magazine\, WIRED and more. She earned a BA and an MA from UCLA. \nKate is the editor of the anthology Relative Strangers: Inheritance\, Identity\, and the Meaning of Kinship\, and founder and editor of Severance (severancemag.com)\, a magazine and community for adoptees and individuals who’ve discovered misattributed parentage. She’s revising a memoir about maternal abandonment and family secrets. She lives in Milford\, Pennsylvania. Find her at www.bkjacksonwriter.com and creativelyadhd.substack.com. \n\nProps as Prompts: How to Pull Story from Found Objects\, Artifacts\, & Photos (Leslie Lindsay)\nWhen writers hit the wall\, or otherwise burn out\, they may stare at the blinking cursor\, give up\, and walk away. What if you took yourself on a (focused) field trip\, instead? This session is aimed at delving into the physical archives\, items\, and places of your story. Hippocampus Magazine interviewer Leslie Lindsay shares tips from her research in writing a blended memoir about her Kentucky-born great-grandmother\, Cora Bell. These tips\, insights\, and ‘prompts using props\,’ will help you get deeper into your character\, your story\, and allow your intuition to surface. This session will: \n\ncover what to research in person using found objects\, maps\, photographs. (hint: you’ll get into story/character if you leave your desk and go out into the world)\noffer tips on allowing the subconscious to ‘do its thing’\nexplore how certain ‘found objects’ can act as a touchpoint on your writing desk\, and/or show up as a motif in your work\n\nAttendees will leave with ideas to revise existing (or create new!) material or deepen current work\, including historical fiction\, creative nonfiction\, essays\, and poetry. \nAbout the speaker: Leslie A. Lindsay is the author of Speaking of Apraxia: A Parents’ Guide to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. She has contributed to the anthology\, Becoming Real: Women Reclaim the Power of the Imagined Through Speculative Nonfiction. Leslie’s essays\, reviews\, poetry\, photography\, and interviews have appeared in The Millions\, DIAGRAM\, The Rumpus\, LitHub\, and On the Seawall\, among others. She holds a BSN from the University of Missouri-Columbia\, is a former Mayo Clinic child/adolescent psychiatric RN\,and an alumna of Kenyon Writer’s Workshop. Her work has been supported by Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center and  nominated for Best American Short Fiction. \n\nNarrative Medicine: Why the Chart Is Never the Whole Story (Renée K. Nicholson)\nWhat if the skills that make you a better writer could also make medicine more compassionate? Narrative medicine trains healthcare professionals\, patients\, caregivers\, educators\, and others to read and respond to the stories that surround illness and healing\,   often using the very tools you already bring to creative nonfiction. In this session\, Renée K. Nicholson explores where narrative medicine and creative nonfiction meet\, and why that intersection matters. This session will: \n\nintroduce narrative medicine and examine how close reading and reflective writing function as tools for witness and understanding\nexplore how creative nonfiction writers are uniquely positioned to contribute to this growing field\nconsider how narrative medicine’s core questions can deepen and expand your own work on the page\n\nAbout the Speaker: Renée K. Nicholson is a writer working across poetry\, essays\, fiction\, and criticism. She holds a BA from Butler University\, an MFA from West Virginia University\, and a certificate in narrative medicine from Columbia University. The author of six books\, including the poetry collection FEVERDREAM\, the memoir-in-essays FIERCE AND DELICATE and a début novel under contract\, her work has appeared in over 100 publications\, among them The Gettysburg Review\, Bellevue Literary Review\, and River Teeth. A member of the National Book Critics Circle and a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the Château d’Orquevaux in France\, she left academia in 2024 to write full time and lives in Morgantown\, West Virginia. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nYou may purchase a ticket for just this event ($30) below\, or register for the entire weekend\, here ($75).
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocamp-minis-craft-2026/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Conference,Craft,Hippo Organizing,Online
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive: Scenes That Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir & What Goes (Ronit Plank)
DESCRIPTION:Deep Dives are intensive/generative 90-minute workshops\, with two options to choose from each day during HippoCamp Weekend; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration. Registration is limited to 20 attendees; we suggest signing up early.   This format is intentionally designed to be live; it will not be recorded.  \n\nAbout the Session\nThe heartbeat of a memoir is a mind at work trying to make sense of what we’ve experienced and why it matters now. As memoirists our job isn’t merely to report the circumstances we endured but create gripping narratives that keep readers invested and turning the page. In this session we’ll work with tools and generative prompts to help you write scenes that amplify the stakes\, tension\, and resonance in your memoir. \nThis session will help memoirists: \n\ncraft a map of key events that belong in their memoir\ndeepen the emotional and psychological dynamics in their pages\nwrite scenes that create propulsive narrative arcs\nexperiment with potential structures for their project\n\nAbout the speaker: \nRonit Plank is a writer\, teacher\, and editor whose work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Poets & Writers\, The Rumpus\, Hippocampus\, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things\, The New York Times\, and elsewhere\, earning Best of the Net\, Best Microfiction\, and Pushcart Prize nominations. \nHer first book is the memoir When She Comes Back\, her second the story collection Home is a Made-Up Place. She’s CNF editor at The Citron Review\, teaches memoir widely\, and hosts the podcast and Substack Let’s Talk Memoir featuring interviews with memoirists about their creative process and writing life. Find her across social media at: @RonitPlank. \n\n\nTICKET INFO\nYou may register for this event a la carte\, independent of the full HippoCamp Online Weekend. (But if you would like to attend other sessions or the entire event\, you can learn more here.) \nThis session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with speaker and each other; we suggest signing up as early as possible to secure your seat. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen. 
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/deep-dive-scenes-ronit-plank/
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SUMMARY:A Night of Nonfiction 2026: Debut CNF Author Readings & Discussions
DESCRIPTION: Registration includes access to the recording for 30 days. \nThis is the online version of our ever-popular in-person event\, which was first held in the summer of 2015 at our inaugural HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction! \nThis event will feature readings from a group of debut CNF authors\, followed by a special guest reading and then a panel discussion and audience Q&A. Learn more about (or purchase!) their books at our Bookshop affiliate site (coming soon). \nThis is ONE OF FOUR main events we’re hosting the weekend of the 15-16th! Read about all of them here. \n\nThe 2026 Night of Nonfiction will feature:\n[Additional authors and moderator to be confirmed soon] \nGaar Adams\nGaar Adams is the author of Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East\, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction in 2026. The book was also longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize as well as runner-up for a Forward INDIES Book of the Year and the Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award. \nHis reporting from the Middle East and South Asia has been featured in The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, Rolling Stone\, Al Jazeera and elsewhere. He received his Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Glasgow\, teaches creative writing at Falmouth University\, and lives in London\, UK. \n\nCourtney Kocak\nCourtney Kocak is a writer\, podcaster\, and comedian who splits time between Austin and Los Angeles. She wrote for Amazon’s Emmy-winning animated series Danger & Eggs and Netflix’s Know It All. She’s produced a slew of highly-ranked podcasts and currently hosts three of her own with over two million downloads to date. Her bylines include The New York Times\, The Cut\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, Cosmopolitan\, Slate\, Business Insider\, and more. Her debut memoir\, Girl Gone Wild\, with Trio House Press\, is out now! For more\, check out her website at courtneykocak.com. \n\nAmanda McCracken\nAmanda McCracken is the author of When Longing Becomes Your Lover. She is an award-winning journalist passionate about experiences that highlight the intersection of wellness\, travel\, and relationships. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Guardian\, Vogue\, National Geographic\, Runner’s World\, and many others. \nAmanda published her first article about longing in 2013\, which led to additional articles featuring personal anecdotes and deep research and interviews with the BBC\, Katie Couric\, and USA Today. Her 2023 TED Talk\, “How Longing Keeps Us From Healthy Relationships\,” and her podcast\, The Longing Lab\, highlight how longing can become self sabotaging and shares how to change our patterns of longing. To learn more\, visit her website:  www.amandajmccracken.com. \n\nShanda McManus\nShanda McManus\, MD\, is a physician and writer whose work lives at the intersection of medicine\, memory\, and the stories we carry in our bodies. A 2021 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow and 2023 Baldwin For The Arts Fellow\, her debut memoir\, Brother Epistles: A Sister’s Memoir (Split/Lip Press; June 2026)\, is a series of letters to her late brother Monir. A book about grief\, Black family love\, and the structures that took him. Jacqueline Woodson writes that it will “grab your heart\, hold it gently\, then hand it lovingly back to you.” \n\nFEATURED GUEST READER: Brenda Miller\nBrenda Miller’s most recent book is Love You\, Bye: A Daughter’s Journey in Essays and Poems (Skinner House Books\, 2026). She is the author of six essay collections\, including A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She co-wrote\, with Suzanne Paola\, the popular textbook Tell it Slant\, and her work has received seven Pushcart Prizes. \n(Brenda is also leading a Deep Dive session on Saturday afternoon called Postmarked: Modern Takes on the Ancient Art of Letters.) \n\nMODERATOR: Brendan O’Meara\, host of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast\nBrendan O’Meara is the host of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast and the author of The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine. Subscribe to Pitch Club\, where writers audio annotate their pitches that led to publication and Rage Against the Algorithm\, Brendan’s monthly\, up-to-11 newsletter. You can follow him @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and @brendanomeara.bsky.social on Bluesky. Learn more at brendanomeara.com. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nYou may reserve a ticket for just this event by making a donation of any size (including a free ticket) OR you may register for the entire weekend\, here ($75).
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis: Publishing\, Promotion & the Writing Life - 5 CNF Topics in a Flash (2026)
DESCRIPTION:  Registration includes access to the recording for 30 days. \nSome conferences call these fast-paced events lightning round talks. In honor of the short CNF subgenre\, we call them flash sessions! These have always been a popular and fun part of our in-person HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers and\, this year\, we’re once again bringing their magic online. \nIn our Sunday HippoCamp Minis sessions\, you’ll hear from five speakers who will share bite-sized wisdom with practical takeaways on a topic they’re passionate about\, all related to promoting and publishing creative nonfiction (and yourself!)\, as well as living your best writing life. \nThis is ONE OF FOUR events we’re hosting the weekend of the 15-16th! Read about all of them here. \n\nAbout the Sessions & Speakers\nThis webinar will feature the following five flash sessions: \nThe Personal Essay Is Not Dead: How to Get Yours Noticed by Editors in a Relentless News Cycle (Lauren DePino)\nIt’s true that it’s more difficult than ever to publish personal essays in mainstream venues. And yet\, editors still want to publish them. In this talk\, I will share tips on how to get the attention of editors with your personal essay pitches and drafts. This session will: \n\nOffer tips on pitching the right essay at the right time to maximize its chance of publication\nShare strategies for forging long-term relationships with editors who want to go to bat for you again and again\nCover how to find the right publication and vertical for your personal essay and what elements this essay should have to increase your chances of publication\nExplore how pitching personal essays is a long game and somewhat like dating\nDiscuss pros and cons of writing pitches vs. full drafts\nShare the secret of how being rejected by my favorite column for years\, which I eventually landed\, inadvertently helped me publish in many other top venues\n\n  \nAbout the Speaker:  Lauren is a Philly-raised\, New Mexico-based freelance writer who has been publishing essays since she started writing for the Bucks County Courier Times’ teenage-run page when she was 14. In her 20s and early 30s\, she was head writer for a communications firm that partnered with mission-based organizations. Now she freelances all over the place\, and has published essays in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, CNN\, NPR\, BBC Travel\, and elsewhere. Lauren coaches essay writing\, writes music\, and sings. She is at work on a memoir about her decades of funeral singing\, which she’s writing with the editorial guidance of her agent. \n\nIf You Build It\, They Will Come: Creating and Producing Fabulous Live Literary Events You Want to See in the World! (Amy Eaton)\nBeing part of a live literary event is a hugely gratifying way to up your literary citizenship and community. And it’s fun! Whether or not you’re the type to emcee an event or perform\, \nthere’s a role for you to get involved in your local events\, or even better expand the artistic community with new ones! \n\nWe’ll go over the basics of getting a show running from the idea in your brain to a show—with actual people!\nWeird is good! How to find “I’d pay to see that!” and then make it happen!\nCurating your readers\, or tellers\, or bellydancers\, or dulcimer players.\nVenues and tickets and marketing\, oh my!\nAvoiding burnout so you can keep on doing this (because like all art\, it’s fun but it is WORK)\n\nAbout the Speaker: Amy Eaton co-hosts MissSpoken\, Chicago’s best Lady Live Lit show. She is a veteran Write Club Chicago combatant with six victories. Amy has read for Chirp Radio’s First Time as well as Voicebox\, Tuesday Funk\, Louder Than a Mom\, and You’re Being Ridiculous at Steppenwolf Theater. A trained actor and dancer and self-taught musician\, she can be found unleashing her inner performance artist at 20×2 Chicago. \nAmy has taught workshops on Live Lit\, Creative Writing\, Theater and ASL. She has produced\, directed\, and performed in fringe theater and solo performances both short and long. Amy co-founded Nature of the Beast\, an experimental theater company with Deaf and hearing actors as well as founding and serving as artistic director for Mudlark Theater Company\, now in their 21st year. \n\nHow to Find Your Readers On Substack (Liz Charlotte Grant)\n\nEverybody has a Substack now\, but how many of us know how to leverage our email newsletter to find and retain readers? Liz Charlotte Grant is a CNF author whose Substack\, The Empathy List\, has  has also grown from 300 subscribers to nearly 2\,000 — all without a hint of AI or marketing cash!\n\n\nIn this session\, you’ll learn the value of:\n\n\ncollaboration with other substackers\,\nthe Substack “recommendations” feature\,\ncommenting on others’ posts and writing “notes\,”\nand predictability of content\, brand\, and publishing schedule.\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Liz Charlotte Grant’s Substack\, the Empathy List\, has been nominated twice for a Webby Award for best independent newsletter. Her debut CNF book\, Knock at the Sky\, was Foreword Indies finalist\, and she writes a monthly online column for the progressive Christian magazine\, The Christian Century. \n\nFinding + Keeping Your Creative Spark: The Artist Date (Renée Reese)\nIn this session\, focused on igniting (or re-igniting) your creative spark\, writer Renee Reese will guide creatives in tools to heal from burnout and inspire new art. One simple way to nurture creativity is by going on an Artist Date\, an intentional solo experience designed to connect with your inner creative. Popularized by Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way\, an Artist Date  is described as “a block of time\, perhaps two hours weekly\, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness\, your inner artist. In its most primary form\, the Artist Date is an excursion\, a play date…” This session will: \n\nHelp you find nontraditional ways to get your creative spark back\nGive you ideas for simple\, accessible Artist Dates you can try (including free and low-cost options)\nShare tips for overcoming burnout\, writer’s block\, and creative frustration\nHelp you create a sustainable creative practice\n\nWhether you consider yourself a creative or someone who just wants to feel inspired again\, this session will be a playful invitation to exploring your inner artist. \nAbout the Speaker: Renée Reese is a lawyer\, creative nonfiction writer\, and New York native. She is an alum of the Kenyon Review Residential Writers Workshop\, and her work has appeared in Huffpost. She runs The Creative Year publication on Substack\, which chronicles her journey as an artist. When she’s not reading or writing\, you can find her dancing\, painting\, or in a New York City coffee shop\, daydreaming about her next project. \n\nOPEN THE DOOR! Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal and Query Letter (Carolyn Roy-Bornstein)\nMaybe you have a killer idea for a sure-to-be-successful nonfiction book. Perhaps you’ve even got a couple of chapters drafted. You might even after a polished\, edited manuscript and are wondering about next steps. You’re in the right place! After this 10-minute round-up\, you will be able to: \n\nArticulate the purpose and importance of each section of a successful nonfiction book proposal and compellingly answer the questions: why you\, why this book\, and why now.\nExplain precisely who your primary\, secondary\, and tertiary audience is (hint: it’s not everyone in the world!) and demonstrate how you will reach them.\nDefine your author platform. (Let me prove to you that you already have one and that it’s bigger than you think you think it is!)\nWrite a dynamic\, winning query letter that gets your proposal requested by agents and editors.\n\nSo\, pull on your best pair of boots and get ready to kick down some doors! \nAbout the Speaker: Carolyn Roy-Bornstein is the Writer-in-Residence at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program in Lawrence\, Massachusetts where she teaches narrative medicine. She is the author of two memoirs and an essay collection. Her fourth book\, A Prescription for Burnout: Restorative Writing for Healthcare Professionals was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in April. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Boston Globe\, Poets & Writers\, The Writer and many other venues. She has led writing workshops for the American Medical Women’s Association\, the Women in Medicine Summit\, and the Well-Med conference on physician well-being in Kastoria Greece. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nYou may purchase a ticket for just this event ($30) below\, or register for the entire weekend\, here ($75).
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive: Making a Newsletter Work for You (Allison K Williams)
DESCRIPTION:Deep Dives are intensive/generative 90-minute workshops\, with two options to choose from each day during HippoCamp Weekend; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration. Registration is limited to 20 attendees; we suggest signing up early.   This format is intentionally designed to be live; it will not be recorded.  \n\nAbout the Session\nWriters need direct contact with their audience more than ever before. But how can a newsletter be part of your creative life instead of a drag on your time? Learn how writing a newsletter feeds your creative process\, develops your craft\, and creates literary community — no matter how many people are on your list. \n(Note: We will not dive into specific newsletter platforms on a technical level\, this is about mindset\, writing\, and big-picture best practices). \nThis session will cover: \n\nHow regularity feeds your writing as well as building audience\nWhat to do when no-one is listening\nNewsletters are flash essays—key craft techniques that make people open the email\nRepurposing your stories across platforms\nHow to teach yourself that your newsletter isn’t pushy\, selfish\, or sales-y.\n\nAllison will also look at samples of your newsletters (submitted in advance) and live-edit to make them both better newsletters and your best writing. \nAbout the speaker: \nAllison K Williams is the author of Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro From Blank Page to Book. She has helped 30+ authors find their agents\, and edited and coached writers to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, Spencer Hill\, and St. Martin’s Press as well as literary and university presses. \nShe’s guided essayists and humorists to publication in media including the New Yorker\, Time\, the Guardian\, the New York Times\, McSweeney’s\, Refinery29\, Hippocampus\, the Belladonna and TED Talks. \nAs social media editor for Brevity\, she inspires thousands of writers with weekly blogs on craft and the writing life. Her Substack\, Adventures in Writing\, and Newsletter\, The A-List\, total 17\,000+ subscribers. \n\n\nTICKET INFO\nYou may register for this event a la carte\, independent of the full HippoCamp Online Weekend. (But if you would like to attend other sessions or the entire event\, you can learn more here.) \nThis session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with speaker and each other; we suggest signing up as early as possible to secure your seat. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen.
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive: Mining Your Obsessions: Writing (Nearly) Endless Essays On One Subject (Elizabeth Austin)
DESCRIPTION:Deep Dives are intensive/generative 90-minute workshops\, with two options to choose from each day during HippoCamp Weekend; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration. Registration is limited to 20 attendees; we suggest signing up early.   This format is intentionally designed to be live; it will not be recorded.  \n\nAbout the Session\nWe all have obsessions: the subjects\, relationships\, and questions we can’t stop writing toward\, whether we mean to or not. In this generative workshop\, we’ll treat these topics as a renewable resource. Through a structured exploration\, you’ll dig into the patterns hiding in your existing work — recurring images\, emotional landscapes — and turn them into a visual thematic map you can mine for years. \nIn this session\, writers will: \n\nexcavate patterns\, working to surface recurring images\, tensions\, and questions.\nbuild personal thematic maps\, placing a core focus at the center with 3–5 satellite themes radiating out\, then spotting the intersections where unexpected new essays are born.\ngenerate at least five fresh essay ideas using six concrete strategies\, plus tactics for matching themes to submission calls\nstudy how the pros do it\, looking at writers who’ve mined the same territory for decades across forms and genres\n\nOpen to writers at all levels\, whether you’re assembling an essay collection\, hunting for the through line in a memoir\, or simply tired of feeling like you write “the same things.” No pre-class reading required. \nAbout the speaker: \n  \nElizabeth Austin’s writing has appeared in The New York Times\, TIME\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Electric Literature\, Narratively\, McSweeney’s\, and others. She has been awarded residencies including Sewanee\, Hedgebrook\, and Turning Points. She holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts\, writes a newsletter on her writing and post-cancer family life\, and lives outside of Philly with her two kids and many pets. \n\n\nTICKET INFO\nYou may register for this event a la carte\, independent of the full HippoCamp Online Weekend. (But if you would like to attend other sessions or the entire event\, you can learn more here.) \nThis session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with speaker and each other; we suggest signing up as early as possible to secure your seat. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen.
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