The TEMPORAL LOBE LITERARY JOURNAL

is a quarterly journal that celebrates the richness of the creative nonfiction genre. Send us your poetry, familiar essays, memoirs, interviews, hybrid, and everything in between on the creative nonfiction spectrum.

We are particularly excited by writing that explores the complexities of being human with sincerity, vividity, and unabashed candor.

“LIFE, INCONSISTENT, WITH LITTLE TECHNIQUE BUT WITH UNPREDICTABLE IDIOSYNCRASY, IS ALWAYS A SUPERIOR STORYTELLER.”

Yiyun Li

ACCEPTED AUTHORS/ARTISTS WILL BE PAID A FLAT FEE OF $15.

The Hippocampus Anthology is open for

SUBMISSIONS.

PROSE POETRY HYBRID PHOTOGRAPHY ART

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2025

SUMMER VOLUME

Joylyn Chai

LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Zaqary Fekete

Lindsey Beth Meyers

William Doreski

Sarah Watkins

Oz Susskind

Sherry Shahan

Joylyn Chai ✶ LindaAnn LoSchiavo ✶ Zaqary Fekete ✶ Lindsey Beth Meyers ✶ William Doreski ✶ Sarah Watkins ✶ Oz Susskind ✶ Sherry Shahan ✶

temporal lobe | noun

a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere situated in front
of the occipital lobe. it stores and retrieves memories, understands language, and processes emotions and auditory input.

Submissions are always open.