Category: Hippocampus News

My brush with a real, (not so) live hippocampus

By day, I am the web content editor at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. Our department is behind the scenes working on a completely new college website – huge, huge project. (This explains the strategic launch date of the magazine!) We’re at the point now where we’re gathering content for the new website and part…

Seeking nonfiction submissions for debut issue

Everyone has a story to tell. And, we want to hear yours. Hippocampus Magazine is looking for memoir excerpts, personal essays, craft articles, memoir and craft book reviews and interviews for our debut issue (May 2011). Our submissions page has all the details. Why Hippocampus you ask? We thought this sea-horse shaped part of the…

We’re on Twitter

We admit it. We kind of like being stalked. That’s why we’ve made it easy for you to follow our every move–from afar. That’s right. We’re on Twitter. Our user name is @hippocampusmag. But, there’s more to just having a presence on Twitter. One of our founding missions is to engage our readers and contributors…

What’s a hippocampus?

Without the hippocampus, we wouldn’t remember much. Our magazine’s namesake refers to a portion of the brain where long-term memories are formed. While our debut issue is being worked on behind the scenes, we thought we’d provide a conversation starter with these fun facts: While we’re certain humans have always had a hippocampus as long…