The Cavendish Chronicle

06/12/2023

Ahead of the release of 2023-2024 issue 'The Mythic' in the Easter term, marking 50 years of student journalism at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, us at The Cavendish Chronicle are proud to announce that last year's edition, 'Boundaries', has now been fully digitised!

This is your chance (should you not have been lucky enough to pick up a physical copy) to take a look at the amazing work of our writers and creative contributors over the past year.

Watch this space for more announcements as we look forward to marking 50 years of student excellence!

The Cavendish Chronicle Team

The Chronicle is a yearly print magazine from Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, aimed at highlighting the diversity of voices at our vibrant international college. It offers in-depth feature articles alongside creative writing, articles, art, photography and other miscellaneous pieces!

27/06/2023

Super excited to share the 22/23 issue of the Cavendish Chronicle 💕

Please follow this link to download the pdf version:
https://www.thecavendishchronicle.com/issues

06/01/2023

We are looking for opinion-pieces, short stories, memoirs, poems, illustrations and the like!

Have you been hindered in your life due to socially constructed boundaries? Have you painted a painting illustrating the artifciality of gender boundaries? Or perhaps you want to write a utopian short story of a world without state boundaries?

Whatever your take on our theme, we are excited to review it! Please direct all inquiries to [email protected]

05/01/2023

A kind reminder that the Cavendish Chronicle is open for submissions. We are looking for memoirs, opinion-pieces, fiction, art and photos that fit the theme 'Boundaries'. For writing prompts look below:

Have you encountered boundaries in your personal or academic life, perhaps due to gender, disability or social class reasons?

Do you experience boundaries at Cambridge? Do you have an opinion on how we can improve access?

How has Brexit affected your perception of state boundaries?

Everyone affiliated with Lucy Cavendish are welcome to submit to us, whether you are a current student or an alumni!

The deadline is the 15th of January but your are more than welcome to submit to us before then. As always, don't hesitate to contact us, should you have any concerns or questions.
Love, the Cavendish Chronicle Team 🥰🥰

27/10/2022

The Cavendish Chronicle is now open for creative submissions! We are looking for art, photos, memoirs, poems, fiction and the like that fits the theme 'Boundaries'!

Everyone affiliated with Lucy Cavendish are welcome to submit to us, whether you are a current student or an alumni!

Have you encountered boundaries in your personal life, academic life or perhaps in your profession and want to tell us about it? Or have you written a poem that captures the boundary between nature and civilisation? Perhaps you want to write a story that challenges the boundaries between fiction and memoir, drawing upon your own life experiences? Or perhaps you want to push the social boundary between what is acceptable to talk about and what is a taboo by sharing something that is not usually talked about? Whatever your ideas, we are super excited and can't wait to review your submissions.

The deadline is the 15th of January but your are more than welcome to submit to us before then. As always, don't hesitate to contact us, should you have any concerns or questions.

Love, the Cavendish Chronicle Team 🥰🥰

22/10/2022

Do you want to design our next front cover? The Cavendish Chronicle is now opening up applications to illustrate the cover of our upcoming issue! 🙌

Criteria: The illustration or photo will have to fit with the theme 'Boundaries' and should be send to our email before the 15th of January 2023. We will announce the succesfull candidate at the end of january 🫶

We look forward to see all of your beautiful art!

11/10/2022

Thank you so much to everyone who applied to become part of the chronicle this year! We strive to get back to you all as soon as possible, and at the latest tomorrow evening! 🥰

We are super excited for this year!

10/10/2022

This is the last chance to join the CC this year! Applications will close tonight at 11pm - so hurry up and send us your application before then! 🫶

(1) Take a look at our page https://www.thecavendishchronicle.com/joinus
(2) Find the role you want to apply for, read the specific application guidelines, and write your application!
(3) Send us your application via email or our contact form!

06/10/2022

Hi, this is a friendly reminder that applications are closing SOON on the 10th of October. Less than 4 days from now! So hurry up and apply to become part of the The Cavendish Chronicle 🥳

All are welcome - with or without experience, and we are hoping to see both undergrads, postgrads, Phd's and alumni applying!

To apply follow the guidelines on our website! https://www.thecavendishchronicle.com/joinus

Questions are always welcome - so please don't hesitate to reach out to us!

Passionate about writing and editing? Want to gain some brownie points for your resume? Come join Lucy Cavendish’s very own magazine this year and become part of a friendly, creative, and ambitious team.

02/10/2022

Applications to join the chronicle in 2022/2023 are now open!

Passionate about writing and editing? Want to gain some brownie points for your resume? Come join Lucy Cavendish’s very own magazine this year and become part of a friendly, creative, and ambitious team.

Being part of the Cavendish Chronicle is a great way to begin your journey in student journalism, gain valuable experience for your resume and see your name in print.

Take a look at our website for more info about available roles: https://www.thecavendishchronicle.com/joinus

Everyone at Lucy Cavendish is welcome to apply (undergrads, MPhils, PhDs, alumni) – and we welcome all with or without any prior experience in student journalism. Alumni are encouraged to apply but will be deprioritised in case of a higher number of applicants to make room for current students.

Passionate about writing and editing? Want to gain some brownie points for your resume? Come join Lucy Cavendish’s very own magazine this year and become part of a friendly, creative, and ambitious team.

14/05/2022

Thanks to all of you who attended our launch event at the Maypole yesterday! We were really pleased with the turnout and very happy to tell you about the efforts that went into this year's issue. You can pick up your copy of the 2021/2022 issue of the Chronicle around college or check it out on our website. The digital version is available from today here: https://thecavendishchronicle.uk/previous-editions/

12/05/2022

’The Stolen Mountain’ is a moving meditation on a young woman’s struggle to come to terms with the upheaval and devastation visited on her childhood village by the arrival of a mining company. Deepti Mary Minj’s protagonist returns to the village from the city where she has been working as a maid, and weaves past and present together to form an affective tapestry of love and loss. Idyllic memories of goat-herding up the mountain’s untainted faces as a child mix with auguries of trepidation for the village’s future. Deepti’s must-read short story will be available to read in the upcoming issue of The Cavendish Chronicle, out tomorrow!
Pick up your copy at our launch event at the Maypole (Friday, May 13 at 6pm) or keep your eyes peeled around college! We're also releasing a digital version this Saturday on the magazine's website: https://thecavendishchronicle.uk/

20/04/2022

Excerpt from the mesmerising memoir article “Escape from Moscow” by Russian-born Sophia Fjuss. The article will include a note on the current situation affecting Ukraine. To be featured in our upcoming issue, out on May 13th!

07/04/2022

The theme of our upcoming issue is Transitions. Some transitions occur naturally like the decay of an apple or the passage from winter to spring, illuminated by the blossoming of primrose. Whereas others are being fought for with blood, tears and sometimes even lives. Oscar Sharples's powerful illustration captures the fight for political transitions around the world. Want to see more thought-provoking illustrations? Wait for the launch of the magazine on the 13th of May.
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04/04/2022

“I wonder where the person who sang me lullabies has gone, or the docile child that I was to her: because now, in her eyes, I am merely a fat and unmotivated puppet of NATO.” – Excerpt from the mesmerising memoir “Escape from Moscow” by Russian-born Sophia Fjuss. To be featured in our upcoming issue, out on May 13!

02/04/2022

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31/03/2022

Get excited for the 2021/2022 issue of the Cavendish Chronicle, which is to be released on the 13th of May 2022! This year presents an impressive array of beautiful, thought-provoking, and insightful work by our talented college community.

The upcoming issue will feature, among others, articles about the long road to medical gender transition in the UK; the ways that some disabled people embrace the ‘disability’ label as a way of self-care; Orwell, his roses, and the politics of pleasure; and the mesmerising memoir of Russian-born Sophia Fjuss. And as always, the chronicle will pay tribute to the creative vein that runs through Lucy Cavendish College by featuring alluring poems and captivating short stories that comment on deforestation in India, the transitions between cultural forms across human history, Heraclitean flux within the natural world, and so much more.

Keep your eyes peeled around college for a copy of the magazine! Or stay tuned for the digital version to be released on the magazine’s website the next day.

01/03/2022

A final reminder that the submissions deadline for your work to be featured in the Easter edition of the Cavendish Chronicle is this midnight! Send your submission to [email protected]

Here’s a little sneak-peak from our upcoming issue: a poem titled ‘Zemestan’ by the talented Maria Messias-Mendes! Stay tuned for the next release of the Cavendish Chronicle in Easter Term 2022 – and don’t forget to like our page so you're always up to date with our latest news! All the best, the Cavendish Chronicle Team 😊

19/02/2022

The submissions deadline for the Easter edition of the Cavendish Chronicle is just around the corner on March 1st! Send your submissions (max 1,250 words) or, if you’re unsure, a pitch, as well as any other queries, to [email protected]

Below are some prompts to get you thinking about how you might want to respond to the theme of the edition, ‘Transitions’:

• Have you recently experienced a transition in political, or perhaps religious belief? Do you want to tell us about that experience, and what provoked the change?

• Have you undergone a change in your body? Or perhaps you have reached a sense of peace with your body, and want to inspire others? Perhaps you have realised your body is suddenly able to run a marathon or dance etc. Perhaps you are confronted by your first wrinkle, you are experiencing adult acne, or you have stopped shaving your body hair for political reasons.

• Are you an alumnus and have you currently transitioned into the professional world after university? Do you want to tell your story?

• What do you think of Lucy’s transition from a female, mature college to a co-ed, all ages college?

• Have you painted a picture or taken a photograph that captures the transition from childhood to adulthood? Or perhaps illustrates political change, like Brexit?

• Think of an artist whose work means a lot to you. Can you identify a noticeable transition in style or content between their early and late work?

• Have fun experimenting with a poem's form. How could you play around with its formal transitional qualities (stanza and line breaks, enjambment, caesura) to augment the poem's meaning?

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26/11/2021

Submit to the Cavendish Chronicle issue 2021/2022!

This year's theme is 'Transitions' - and we welcome all forms of creative pieces (i.e. creative writing, photograph, opinion pieces, art) that touches upon this theme in one way or the other.

You might want to consider:
- transitions out of lockdown
- transitions into the professional world after university
- transitions within society
- political or personal transitions
- Transitions within aesthetic forms'. As in, transitions between poetic stanzas, between shots in films etc.

We are also still seeking writers who in collaboration with the editorial team will write a few articles for the magazine. We welcome any experience — so if you want to see your name on print, gain great experience and contribute to a well-established student-led magazine, please apply for the position.

Submission to the chronicle and application for the position of writer should all be directed to [email protected]

Deadline for applications for the writer positions is 24th January 2022
Deadline for submitting creative pieces to the Chronicle is 1st of March 2022

Best wishes,
the Cavendish Editorial Team

04/11/2021

Hello lovely Lucians,

The Cavendish Chronicle is now up and running again this year. And it is right now seeking new members for its 2021/2022 team.

Passionate about writing and editing? Want to get some amazing editorial experience? Then come join the team this year.

To apply please write [email protected] with a short paragraph on (1) why you would like to join, (2) an idea for content you’d like to see and develop this year, and (3) what position you are looking to fill in.

Deadline for submission is 12th November 2021.

The following positions are open:
- Graphic Designer
- Publicity Officer
- Writers/editors
- Treasurer

We welcome all experiences. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the chronicle at any time.