HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers

by Hippocampus Magazine and Books


August 23-25, 2019

Lancaster, PA, USA - Lancaster Marriott

Your story matters.

If you love to write true stories, this warm and welcoming summer writing conference was made just for you!

HippoCamp, produced by Hippocampus Magazine and Books, is geared toward writers of all skill levels and backgrounds, and it offers plenty of opportunities for you to hone your craft, explore publishing options, and find ways to balance your writing and "real" life, as well as chances to meet, learn from, and share with writers like you.

This three-day creative writing conference in PA features 50+ notable speakers, engaging sessions in four tracks, interactive panels, readings, social activities, networking opps and optional, intimate pre-conference workshops. All of this, plus meals and snacks, bundled into a great, comprehensive conference rate. Our host city is Lancaster, Pa., a bustling mid-size metropolis rich in history, arts and culture. Explore this site to learn more.

HippoCamp Speakers

We're excited to welcome 40+ speakers to HippoCamp for sessions, panels and readings

HippoCamp Sessions

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Our Sponsors

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Rosemont College

Rosemont College

Rosemont’s MFA in creative writing and MA in publishing offers emerging writers, and publishing professionals, the tools and support they need to succeed.

Rosemont College
Ashland University

Ashland University

Ashland University

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Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College
West Virginia Wesleyan

West Virginia Wesleyan

WV Wesleyan’s low-residency MFA is an uncommonly affordable program offering tracks in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students join a warm community every summer and winter for an intensive ten-day residency on campus that initiates an independent semester of apprenticeship through correspondence. Faculty-mentor/student ratio never exceeds 1 to 4. Located in central Appalachia, the program welcomes and fosters writing that explores place and identity. Wesleyan also offers cross-genre study, an Ireland Residency, and a residency audit option.

West Virginia Wesleyan