Category: Hippocampus News

Staff Picks: Best of Issue

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The top ten previously-published stories featured in this month’s issue were selected by me based on some criteria outlined here. I also wanted to give our incredible volunteer staff members the chance to give a shout out to his or her favorite story. Thanks to those who shared their picks: Lisa Ahn, columnist My favorite…

Insider Tips – Donna Talarico, Founder/Publisher

It’s been a few months since we’ve published an Insider Tips article. This month, our editor interview with Duotrope went live and we thought that sharing the link  here would provide some solid “insider tips” of what we’re looking for in submissions. For those unfamiliar with the website, Duotrope is a huge, up-to-date directory of…

Editor’s Notes: August 2012

Happy August! The tail end of July proved to be busy at Hippo Headquarters! Going along with the theme of last month’s issue, I was rock and rolling myself with a move from the quaint Elizabethtown, Pa. to the heart of downtown Lancaster – a much better place for a social, creative type to live…

Liner Notes: July 2012

“The waiting is the hardest part….” That’s a line from a song of the same name by my all time favorite band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. And waiting to release this issue has been hard. This month we’ve turned Hippocampus Magazine into a mixtape of creative nonfiction. Our first theme issue is dedicated to…