The Parish Council does not run the magazine, but often uses it to tell you about local matters, such as local projects or waste recycling changes.
The parish magazine is a great way for you to keep up to date with what’s happening in and around the village – meetings of all the various village clubs and societies, Fêtes, times of Church Services, and special events such as the jubilee celebrations.
There is an introductory offer to new residents to receive a free copy for the remainder of the calendar year during which they move in, and after that the cost is just £12 per calendar year. The magazine will be delivered to your home at the beginning of each month by a splendid group of volunteers spread throughout the village.
Postal subscriptions are available by special arrangement at £21 a year. (2020 prices)
Make sure you are registered for your copy by contacting editor.comptonshawford@gmail.com
Booking advertising space
The advertising year runs from the November issue to the following October.
You can purchase advertising space by the full, half or quarter A5 page for any number of months up to the end of the current advertising year.
Full and quarter page ads are portrait format (i.e. taller than they are wide). Half page ads are landscape format.
The print run is about 400 copies each month. Because many copies will be read by more than one person, your advert will be reaching a good proportion of the population of Compton and Shawford.
To advertise, you should get a quote by emailing: editor.comptonshawford@gmail.com
Magazine format
The magazine is printed monthly as an A5 booklet, in black and white (technically greyscale, not colour) apart from the front cover.
Editors can accept input in various formats, but they use Microsoft Word to assemble the magazine. If you would like to see how much you can fit on a magazine page, feel free to download the template below and experiment.
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Policy
Details of events run by local charities and non-profit making clubs, societies and organisations are published without charge subject to the availability of space and at the editors’ discretion. They welcome articles that have local, current or historical interest.
Content accepted for publication may be abbreviated to fit the available space. The editors also try to correct any obvious spelling or grammatical mistakes.
Press Deadline
The editors aim to have the magazine in the hands of our readers by the first day of the month.
The press deadline is usually the third Saturday of the month. When there are five whole weekends (five Saturdays and five Sundays) in a month, the deadline is the fourth Saturday in the month.
There are occasional exceptions, such as the deadline in December for the January edition. The press deadline is always published in the previous month’s magazine and the online Parish Diary.
Magazine covers
The front cover pages have been printed in colour since November 2020. Selected Parish Magazine covers above show (left to right)
September 2011 – the annual Compton v Shawford cricket match
August 2021- Marbled White butterfly in a pyramidal orchid at the Yew Hill Nature Reserve
February 2004 – Sports Club chairman Paul Murray accepts a large cheque from the Sport England lottery fund towards the new Jubilee Pavilion
December 2020 – The War Memorial on Shawford Down on a late autumn afternoon just before Remembrance Sunday
February 2007 – the finale of the biennial Shawford Panto, Puss in Boots. After defeating the OGRE, thanks to Puss, Jack’s decision to use his belt, instead of a ring, has unfortunate consequences during his marriage to the princess.
April 2021 – Spring sunlight on daffodils outside All Saints’ Church, Compton
July 2010 – a visitor to the churchyard.