the hippocampus anthology
hippocampus | noun
: a curved elongated ridge that extends over the floor of the descending horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain, that consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter, and that is involved in forming, storing, and processing memory
THEME | Personal Histories
Write, capture, or draw a memoir, a flashback, a feeling. Maybe interview someone close to you; sit them down and let them speak. Tell us or show us how yours or someone else’s existence, stories, and moments have been history—something that deserves to be preserved, written down, and remembered.
How has yours or another’s story been part of something larger in a lifetime? Beyond a lifetime? In the course of many lifetimes? How has this particular piece of the past crept into the present?
DEADLINES
The deadline to submit is July 31st, 2025. There is no fee to submit.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
GENERAL GUIDELINES
We accept original, unpublished writing, art, and photography. We will not consider previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are allowed; however, please let us know immediately email if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Any work with the use of AI will not be considered.
You may submit to multiple genres
Written work should be double spaced, 12 point, in a legible font, and attached as a PDF or Word Document.
We welcome hybrid works. they should follow the same guidelines as prose.
Please email your submission to temporal.lobe.literary@gmail.com with the subject line: Hippocampus Anthology-(Name)-(Title). Please include a short cover letter (under 100 words) and a short third-person author bio.
GUIDELINES FOR PROSE
Each piece of prose must be less than 15 pages.
You may submit up to two pieces of prose.
Your work must be nonfiction or creative nonfiction prose, and must follow the theme of the anthology.
GUIDELINES FOR POETRY
Each poem must be less than 100 lines.
You may submit up to five works of poetry.
Your work must be a form of creative nonfiction poetry, and must follow the theme of the anthology.
To learn more about creative nonfiction poetry, feel free to check out these links:
GUIDELINES FOR ART/PHOTOGRAPHY
You may submit up to three pieces of art or photography.
We accept all art mediums.
Your work must follow the theme of the anthology, up to your interpretation.
In your email, please give a small explanation under 150 words how your art/photography piece follows the theme of this anthology.
Temporal Lobe Literary will pay accepted authors and artists $15/piece for contribution