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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: Thinking About Platform (for Writers): Leveraging Themes & Strengths to Build an Authentic Audience
DESCRIPTION:Building a platform as a writer shouldn’t mean performing a version of yourself that feels foreign. Sustainable and impactful platforms grow organically from the themes that already live at the heart of your work — the questions\, obsessions\, and processes that drive your writing in the first place. \nIn this session\, we’ll explore how to identify the recurring threads in your writing and use them as the foundation for authentic platform building. Rather than forcing yourself into uncomfortable marketing roles\, you’ll learn to align your efforts with your natural strengths and interests\, creating a body of work that builds recognition around your unique voice. \nThis session will ask each writer to consider the following questions: \n\nWhat are the recurring themes and obsessions that run through your existing work?\nHow can you leverage your personality and natural strengths to support your platform’s growth?\nHow do you create coherence across your work without repetition or stagnation?\nHow can small\, consistent efforts around your themes build toward larger publishing opportunities?\nWhat does sustainable platform building look like for introverts vs. extroverts?\n\nAttendees will leave with a clear understanding of their own thematic through-lines\, a personalized strategy for platform development that feels authentic rather than performative\, and practical tools for building a body of work that serves as a foundation for bigger projects. \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\n\nElizabeth Austin’s writing has appeared in Time\, Harper’s Bazaar\, McSweeney’s\, Narratively and elsewhere. She is currently working on a memoir about being a bad cancer mom. She lives outside of Philly with her two children and their many pets. Find her at writingelizabeth.com and on Instagram: @writingelizabeth. \n\nGet Tickets to this Event
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to-tuesday-building-platform/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Hippo Organizing,How-to Tuesdays,Marketing/Promotion
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SUMMARY:HOW-TO TUESDAY: Minding Your C's -- Contrast\, Conflict and Change with Lillie Gardner
DESCRIPTION:In creative nonfiction\, truth is paramount — but crafting a good story is still essential. \nEnter the 3 C’s: contrast\, conflict and change are crucial for keeping our stories compelling for the reader. \n\nContrast leads to distinct characters and memorable moments.\nConflict comes with clear stakes and tension\, which bring momentum to the reading experience.\nChange is what we’re reading for: what happens\, how does it escalate\, and why is everything different because of it?\n\nIn this How-to session\, we’ll dive into these essential components of story and identify strategies to strengthen them in our own writing. Participants will leave with a checklist of questions to use when preparing their work for submission. \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\n \nLillie Gardner is an award-winning writer from Minnesota who tells stories about women defying expectations. Most recently\, she’s written episodes for Wondery’s narrative podcast ‘Whose Amazing Life?’ As a screenwriter\, Lillie has been Winner at Austin Film Festival of the Women & Animation Fellowship Award\, featured as a “Screenwriter to Watch” in MovieMaker Magazine\, and selected to be a fellow in the Fred Rogers Productions Writers’ Neighborhood Program. \nLillie studied creative writing at New York University\, and her writing has been published in Quail Bell Magazine\, The Delmarva Review\, PANK Magazine and more. In addition to serving on the essays reading panel for Hippocampus Magazine\, Lillie offers notes and coaching services to help writers persist in making their most impactful work. Learn more at lilliegardner.com or follow @lilliegardner on Instagram \n\nGet Tickets to this Event
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to-tuesday-minding-your-cs-contrast-conflict-and-change-with-lillie-gardner/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,How-to Tuesdays
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SUMMARY:AWP Conference and Bookfair 2026
DESCRIPTION:Hippocampus Magazine & Books will have a presence at the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair. \nStop by Booth 315 to meet members of our volunteer team\, browse our books\, grab a pen\, share your “why I write CNF” response\, and just chat with us about what you’re up to! \nGet full details about the conference itself at the AWP website. \nWhere You Can Find Members of the Hippo Team\n\nFlashes of Truth: A Celebration & Examination of the Flash Essay Form – Friday 9-10 (feat. Rae Pagliarulo)\nNo Pants? No Problem: “Planners” Share Their Outline Process – Friday 9-10:15 (feat. reviewer Elizabeth Austin)\nOur own off-site event and book launch! – Saturday 7-8:45
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/awp-conference-and-bookfair-2026/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Hippo Participating
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SUMMARY:Hippocampus Magazine Anthology Launch & 15th Anniversary Party: Selected Memories Vol. 2
DESCRIPTION:[Note: If using Google Maps\, you may also find it under MAP Technologies\, as The Game Lounge is a space within their building. The address 322 W. Baltimore. \nPlease double check the address if you’re using GPS to walk or drive. There happens to be a barcade in the Federal Hill area with a similar name that may show up if you just search by name.] \nJoin us for the launch party of Selected Memories Vol. 2\, an anthology\, celebrating 15 years of creative nonfiction at Hippocampus Magazine. Readings from contributors\, light refreshments\, camaraderie\, and books! \nYou can also pre-order the book here! \nNitty Gritty Details\nDoors open at 7 p.m.; program begins by 7:30 p.m. \nPlease RSVP using the form to help us gauge interest\, even if you aren’t 100% sure you can make it.  \n\nThis event is free\, but donations are appreciated.\nWe have a 120 capacity limit for this space.\nRSVPs will help us track this\, as well as plan for food.\nThis is an event space (similar to a gallery); we suggest eating dinner before arriving.\nWe will have some snacks and assortment of beverages\, such as bottled water\, seltzer\, beer\, and wine.\n\nConfirmed Line-Up\nThe following Selected Memories contributors will read from their work: \n\nHolly Abbe\nSayuri Ayers\nMargaret Luongo\nNicole Piasecki\nRonit Plank\nSJ Sindu\nTori Walters\n\nMore to possibly be added.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocampus-magazine-anthology-launch-party/
LOCATION:The Game Lounge (MAP Technologies)\, 322 W. Baltimore St.\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hippo Organizing,In-Person,Reading
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SUMMARY:The Write Stuff Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:Hippocampus Magazine and Books is thrilled to return to the annual The Write Stuff conference\, hosted by the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. This year\, associate editor Rae Pagliarulo is leading two CNF-focused events. \nGet full details at their event website. 
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/the-write-stuff-conference-2026/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Hippo Participating
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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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SUMMARY:Stories on Sunday: Bloom: Letters on Girlhood by Nicole Breit & Claire Sicherman
DESCRIPTION: Note: If you are having any issues with checking out or don’t get a confirmation email\, please email info@hippocampusmagazine.com. We had a report that there was an issue with PayPal yesterday; things appear clear on our end\, but we wanted to put a note here just in case.  \nEnjoy a reading\, then hear the story behind the stories during Stories on Sunday with Nicole Breit and Claire Sicherman\, co-authors of Bloom: Letters on Girlhood — a timely memoir exploring how societal expectations shape identity\, and how we can continue\, at any age\, to release the past. This event listing will be updated soon with full details. \nAll Stories on Sundays guest readers have a connection to Hippocampus Magazine; both authors are past contributors to the magazine. We were so excited to hear about this collaboration! \nAbout the Book\, from the jacket copy: A raw\, searching and intimate memoir\, Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a conversation between two acclaimed writers about silence and shame and what it means to come of age as young women. \nOver the course of two and a half years\, authors Claire Sicherman (Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation) and Nicole Breit\, an award-winning poet and essayist\, exchanged letters chronicling their coming-of-age in the suburbs of late 1980s Vancouver. \nBloom: Letters on Girlhood is a candid memoir-in-letters in which Claire and Nicole explore the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence\, delving into everything from periods\, first bras and body hair to desire\, sexuality and consent. As they reflect on their silent struggles as girls\, women and mothers from the perspective of mid-life\, the true impact of patriarchy and misogyny on their lives becomes increasingly apparent. \nWith unflinching honesty and insight\, Bloom is a timely memoir exploring how societal expectations shape identity\, and how we can continue\, at any age\, to release the past. Written by two feminist authors from underrepresented communities (Claire is a Jewish woman and the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors; Nicole is a queer\, neurodivergent writer)\, this memoir-in-letters will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves: Who was I taught to be? And who do I want to become? \nAbout the Series: Stories on Sundays are bi-monthly readings from a recent/forthcoming work of creative nonfiction followed by an author interview + audience Q&A. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \n\nAbout the Authors/Speakers:\nNicole Breit’s love affair with the arts began when she received special recognition for her Kindergarten crayon drawing of an orange chicken with both male and female human genitalia. Her girlhood pastimes included dressing Barbie in her pink satin night set with matching heels\, applying make-up from her cousin’s Mary Kaye collection and lingering over the Sears Christmas Wish Book lingerie section. Many years passed before Nicole identified as femme and queer (or felt comfortable calling herself a writer and artist). She is based on Canada’s Sunshine Coast and teaches the art of storying – shaping our potent memories into transformative creative nonfiction. \nClaire Sicherman grew up in a Vancouver suburb and is still recovering from her mom shaping her curls into a full mullet. Memorable coming-of-age moments include stumbling onto a nude beach at age 12\, her first naked man sighting (not her last)\, and her grandmother proudly lifting her shirt in front of the entire family to admire Claire’s new training bra. A bookworm raised on Judy Blume and Sweet Valley High\, Claire wrote bad poetry\, then avoided the page until writing found her again. She now supports brave humans as a writing coach\, helping them tell the stories they carry.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/stories-on-sunday-bloom-letters-on-girlhood-by-nicole-breit-claire-sicherman/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Hippo Organizing,Reading,Stories on Sunday
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SUMMARY:Save the Date: HippoCamp Online Weekend 2026
DESCRIPTION:Information to come! We just created this event as a placeholder so it shows up on our online calendar. \nTwo days of CNF goodness. HippoCamp Online Weekend features mini sessions\, our signature night of nonfiction\, an publishing roundtable\, and optional deep dives. \nGET UPDATES: \nWe’ll share updates via social media and our newsletter; if you don’t get emails from us yet\, you can sign up here.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/save-the-date-hippocamp-online-weekend-2026/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Hippo Organizing,Online
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