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Hippocampus Magazine

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

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions, except for those unable to cover the fee, who can request to utilize their Submission Fund. The fee is USD $3.
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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2011

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 7 x per year.

Nonfiction Temp Closed

We like quirky, we like edgy, we like witty, we like smart, we like to be moved, we like pieces that stick with us.

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 March 2025* (approx. 79 days from now) through 31 May 2025. 1

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Essay EssayUp to 4,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionUp to 4,000 words.
Book Excerpt Book ExcerptUp to 4,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Humorous, Literary, Mainstream, Personal, Quirky.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Memoir.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $40.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


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* We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.

Hippocampus Magazine Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

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This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 110 reports from 95 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported1 min | 87.8 mean avg | 54.0 median | 340 max days (292.5 std dev)
Responses80.00 %
Acceptances1.82 % of submissions accepted (96.5 avg. days per acceptance) | 2.11 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections78.18 % (85.8 avg. days per rejection) | 22.1 % personal, 59.3 % form, 18.6 % unspecified | 0.9 % rewrite requests | 0.9 % shortlisted
Non-Responses20.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded0.91 % (340.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals19.09 % (55.3 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending40 responses are pending (8 min | 80.9 mean avg | 69.0 median | 264 max days waiting | 492.3 std dev) from 40 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 150 days. (35.5 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 150 days.)
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00.
Submissions are acknowledged within 2 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 09 Dec 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 13 Nov 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024
Last Audited: 03 Jul 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 21 Apr 2012

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