Administrative/Biographical History

Chroma was a literary and arts journal that published the works of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer writers and artists. It emerged from the creative writing workshops for gay men that Shaun Levin, the founding editor, ran in London and UK-based venues as he was motivated to showcase the works created and shared in these spaces. The journal was founded in 2004, a time where there was no queer literary and/or arts journal in the UK.

The journal closed in 2010, after publishing its 11th issue. Over the course of its lifetime, Chroma was supported through funding from Arts Council England.

Scope and Content

Archive of Chroma, A Queer Literary Journal (2004-2010), including: issues of Chroma, no.2-11, and miscellaneous journals with excerpts relating to Chroma; printed ephemera relating to writing workshops held by Shaun Levin, Workshops on Thursdays, the Queer Storytelling Festival, and other miscellaneous ephemera relating to Chroma; digital ephemera relating Chroma launches and ‘Lost in Translation’ project; photographs depicting portraits of people who attended the Chroma Awards, and portraits of people associated with Chroma; printed and digital press cuttings with listings, adverts, and articles relating to Chroma; digital videos depicting Chroma launch parties and ‘Seven Sundays at Seven’ workshop; digital newsletters circulated by Chroma to readers; digital assets relating to Chroma events including creative writing retreats, ‘Fire This Time! Queering Black History Month’, Chroma launch parties, Gay Pride, and other miscellaneous events; digital assets relating to the funding of Chroma and its projects (c.1998-2012).

Quantity

1 box [61 jpegs], 27 pdfs, 137 jpegs, 2 mp4, 1 qtff, 6 avi, 52 Word 97-03 docs [52 pdfs]