Conference News

We’re so grateful for the visibility several bloggers, news outlets and local organizations gave our creative writing conference. Here are a few links, all in one place, to some of these stories, posts and interviews either all about HippoCamp, or which mention the conference in some way. LNP (Cathy Molitoris, Lancaster Newspapers; Sunday, Aug. 2, […]

Curtis Smith, whose latest collection of essays hit shelves earlier this year, is going to present about outlining, something many of us writers could benefit from. Here, he shares a bit about his presentation and, in general, what he’s looking forward to about HippoCamp.   Hippocampus: We don’t want to give too much away about […]

Viannah Duncan attended college during her undergrad years on the outskirts of downtown Lancaster, and she’s excited to return to Pennsylvania to share some wisdom on making creative nonfiction a little more poetic. We ask Viannah a few questions about her upcoming appearance at HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers. Hippo: We don’t want […]

Matt Skillen teaches at nearby Elizabethtown College. When he’s not preparing English teachers of tomorrow, he’s developing a community project that gets high school students writing. Here, he gives a peek into what he’s talking about at the upcoming creative writing conference and what he’s most looking forward to as an attendee. He also dishes […]

People all over eastern and south-central Pennsylvania have been given a venue to share their stories thanks to Jim Breslin, founder of the West Chester Story Slam and co-founder of the new(ish) Lancaster Story Slam. Jim also is active in his local writing community as vice president of the Brandywine Valley Writer’s Group, and he’s […]

Tara Caimi is part of our Friday night reading and then kicks of the conference as part of Saturday’s opening debut authors panel. We’re excited to learn how Mush went from idea to published book. In the meantime, before we welcome Tara to Lancaster, we had this brief conversation with her via email: Hippocampus: We […]

We did a few other speaker Q&As so far, and James Stafford’s name came up quite a few times in other presenters’ answers, specifically to the the question about what is on their personal conference agenda. Basically, people are exciting to learn about truth from Mr. Stafford. It’s his turn, now, to answer questions, rather […]

Carol Cool hails from Lancaster County, and, in addition to sharing editing tips in her Saturday session, she’s excited to introduce attendees to a sweet treat found at a sweet spot just north of the city. We did a Q&A with Carol about her upcoming conference participation. Hippocampus: We don’t want to give too much […]

Lisa Romeo’s not letting anything get into the way of helping attendees overcome writing road blocks! As part of the LIVE track, she’s presenting Minding Your MMs and PPs: All the Obstacles that Definitely Do and Decidedly Don’t Exist. Spend 45 minutes with this writer/teacher, and you just might be able to reclaim your writing […]

Amy B. Scher isn’t afraid — and she doesn’t think you should be either. That’s why she’s part of our LIVE track, leading a session called “Releasing the Fears that Block the Best Work of Your Life.” Amy also is part of our “How I Got Published” debut authors panel; her book How to Heal […]