Magma Poetry

Contributions

Magma 48

Contributions are now being accepted for Magma 48, edited by Laurie Smith with Rob A Mackenzie. Poems are accepted on any subject, but the editors particularly invite poems on the theme ‘it was beautiful’. The deadline is 16 July.

Magma 46 Launch Reading

The launch reading for Magma 46, edited by Jacqueline Saphra with Norbert Hirschhorn with the theme ‘Hunger’, will be on Monday 8 March at the Troubadour, 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, at 8pm. The nearest Tube station in Earls Court. Admission is the normal Coffee-House charge of £6 (£5.50 concessions). At least 25 poets published in Magma 46 will be reading their work together guest poets Penelope Shuttle and Anne-Marie Fyfe.

General contribution information

We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. Poems may be sent by email or post – both receive equal consideration. Contribution deadlines for the three issues are the end of February, mid-July and the end of October. Poems are considered for one issue only. We write to contributors as soon as a decision is made. As Magma receives a very large number of poems, please send no more than 6 poems for an issue.

See About Magma and the contents of this web site to gain an idea of the type of work we accept.

Email contributions to contributions@magmapoetry.com. We strongly prefer for poems to be sent in the body of an email rather than as attachments. If, for formatting reasons, you feel that you must send an attachment, then combine all your poems into one file.

We also accept contributions by post addressed to:

Laurie Smith, Magma
23 Pine Walk
Carshalton
SM5 4ES
UK

Postal contributions must be accompanied by an s.a.e. if posted from the UK or with sufficient international reply coupons if posted from abroad. The writer’s name must appear on each page. Contributions should include an email address whenever possible, and all those including one will be acknowledged.

Poems remain the copyright of their author. Contributors receive a copy of the issue in which they appear and and can purchase further copies at a discount. They are also invited to read at the issue’s launch reading.