Welcome to Chudleigh Phoenix, a monthly
community magazine written by and for the people of Chudleigh in Devon. Since October 2009, the Phoenix has been edited
and published by Kate McCormick and Sharon Cook. Originally a bimonthly, by March 2012, we had grown from 4 pages to
10 - and every issue was bursting at the seams with news and views from Chudleigh. We therefore decided to go monthly
- and now have 6 pages per issue (or 12 every two months - we're still growing!).
Our main distribution channel
is currently electronic (either via email or here, on the site); a small number of hard-copies are produced each time, courtesy
of Chudleigh Town Council - these are snapped up very quickly.
From Small Beginnings...Our annual short story competition was launched in August 2010. It is open to all writers, published
or unpublished, anywhere in the world. There are three main prizes (£100, £50 and £25) plus a special prize
for the best local entry (£25). Winners are announced in the April/May issue of Chudleigh Phoenix. Winners of the
2011 competition can be found on this site. The 2012 competition has just closed and was even more successful than the previous
year. Winners and winning stories can also be found on this site.
The Next Step...
In July 2011, we set up Chudleigh Phoenix Publications. Our first book Life is Not a Trifling Affair was
launched at the Chudleigh Literary Festival on 13th July. We're very proud of our new baby and hope it will be the first
of many. Details and purchase information can be found on this site. In January 2012, we took a step further and published
Trifles as an ebook. It is currently available on Amazon for Kindle only, but will be available for other formats
by July.
Future Plans...
Our second anthology (as yet untitled) will
be launched at the pre-Christmas book fair in Chudleigh Town Hall on Friday 23rd November. Watch this space for news of its
development over the coming months.
