WORKSHOP PREVIEW: Making a Newsletter Work for You. Allison K Williams will demystify how to turn your newsletter into the tool YOU need for your writing career. Join us 8/16 @ 2pm ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Finding + Keeping Your Creative Spark: The Artist Date. Learn about nontraditional ways to protect and punch up your creative spark! Join us & Renee Reese 8/16 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

WORKSHOP PREVIEW: Mining Your Obsessions: Writing (Nearly) Endless Essays On One Subject. Join Elizabeth Austin 8/16 @ 2pm ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: How to Find Your Readers On Substack. Use collaboration, recommendations, comments, notes & branding to your advantage! Join us & Liz Charlotte Grant 8/16 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: If You Build It, They Will Come: Creating & Producing Fabulous Live Literary Events You Want to See in the World! Bring your ideas off the page and onto the stage. Join Amy Eaton 8/16 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

WORKSHOP PREVIEW: Scenes That Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir & What Goes. Ronit Plank will help us map out and write the scenes that will set us apart! Join us 8/15 @ 2pm ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

WORKSHOP PREVIEW: Postmarked: Modern Takes on the Ancient Art of Letters. Brenda Miller will guide writers through an exploration of letters as literature! Join us 8/15 @ 2pm ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: The Personal Essay Is Not Dead: How to Get Yours Noticed by Editors in a Relentless News Cycle. Perfect for timely op-eds! Join us & Lauren DePino 8/16 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

Have you seen the schedule yet? It. Is. STACKED. HippoCamp Online (8/15-16) will inject new energy into your writing life with flash sessions on craft & publishing, panels w/ debut authors & book champions, and deep dive workshops. Learn more: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

Our 2026 HippoCamp Online Weekend: Event Overview | Hippocampus Magazine

HippoCamp Weekend includes four main separate events, plus evening "chill and chats," which are informal Zoom meetings that allow registered attendees to connect and reflect.

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MEET THE MODERATOR: Brendan O'Meara, host of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal & Query Letter. Without the right tools even an amazing idea can languish in the slush pile. Join us & Carolyn Roy-Bornstein 8/16 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Narrative Medicine: Why the Chart is Never the Whole Story. Explore the places where health and CNF meet, and why that intersection matters! Join us & Renee Nicholson 8/15 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

MEET THE AUTHOR: Amanda McCracken, When Longing Becomes Your Lover. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Writers with ADHD: Throw Away the Rulebook. Hear some advice that's tailored for neurodivergent brains! Join us & B.K. Jackson 8/15 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

MEET THE AUTHOR: Brenda Miller, whose most recent book is Love You, Bye: A Daughter's Journey in Essays and Poems. Also co-author of CNF classic Tell it Slant. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Props as Prompts: How to Pull Story from Found Objects, Artifacts, and Photos. Delve into the items in your life that have stories to tell! Join us & Leslie Lindsay 8/15 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

MEET THE AUTHOR: Courtney Kocak, Girl Gone Wild. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

MEET THE AUTHOR: Gaar Adams, Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Did You Get My (sub)Text? Learn how to tell the story you want to tell - and the story beneath it. Join Wendy Fontaine 8/15 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

MEET THE AUTHOR: Shanda McManus, Brother Epistles: A Sister's Memoir. Join us 8/15 @ 6-8pm ET for Night of Nonfiction, part of HippoCamp Online; see full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

SESSION PREVIEW: Measure Twice, Cut Once: How to Edit Your Pieces Before Submission. Invaluable insights for those shooting for dream pubs! Join us & Marissa Gallerani 8/15 @ 11am ET, part of HippoCamp Online; see the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/

Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/

Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/

Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/

Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/

NEW BOOK REVIEW: Amy Goldmacher reviews What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation by Kate Crane. Read it here: https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/04/review-what-ever-happened-to-eddy-crane-kate-crane/ #BookReview

REVIEW: What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation By Kate Crane | Hippocampus Magazine

"a beautiful combination of elegy and manifesto." -- Amy Goldmacher in her review of What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation by Kate Crane

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BOOK REVIEW: Marissa Gallerani reviews Rehab: An American Scandal by Shoshana Walter. Read it here: https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/04/review-rehab-an-american-scandal-by-shoshana-walter/ #BookReview

REVIEW: Rehab: An American Scandal by Shoshana Walter | Hippocampus Magazine

More sociological study than memoir [it] examines the U.S. model of addiction recovery through four people. -- review of Rehab: An America Scandal by Shoshana Walter

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NEW BOOK REVIEW: McKenzie Watson-Fore reviews Everything in Color: A Love Story by Stephanie Stalvey. Read it here: https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/04/review-everything-in-color-a-love-story-by-stephanie-stalvey/ #BookReview

REVIEW: Everything in Color: A Love Story by Stephanie Stalvey | Hippocampus Magazine

"Stephanie Stalvey and I grew up in similar strains of evangelicalism, both of us learning at a young age that we were sinners who deserved to spend eternity in hell." --McKenzie Watson-Fore

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Author Interview: Leslie Lindsay interviews Benjamin Hale, author of Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks. Read it here: https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/04/interview-benjamin-hale-author-of-cave-mountain-a-disappearance-and-a-reckoning-in-the-ozarks/ #interview

INTERVIEW: Benjamin Hale, Author of Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks | Hippocampus Magazine

Leslie Lindsay interviews Benjamin Hale, author of Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks, a book that blends true-crime, memoir, and cultural history.

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