Magma Poetry

Contributions

Magma 49

Contributions are now being accepted for Magma 49, edited by Julia Bird for publication in March 2011. Poems are invited on any theme, but Julia particularly invites poems on the theme ‘build it up and knock it down’. The deadline is 31 October.

I want to read poems about construction and / or destruction, noisy with the cement mixer and the wrecking ball or quiet as the clicking of knitting needles.. Send me your poems about bringing something new into the world – or taking it out again. Actual or metaphorical – show me what you make or what you destroy, and how and why.
Julia Bird, Editor Magma 49

Magma 48 Launch Reading

The launch reading for Magma 48, edited by Laurie Smith with Rob A Mackenzie with the theme ‘it was beautiful’, will be on Monday 15 November at the Troubadour, 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, at 8pm. The nearest Tube station is Earls Court. Admission is £7 (£6 concessions). At teast twenty poets published in Magma 48 will be reading their work together with two guest poets to be announced.

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, we cannot consider more than 6 poems per poet per 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 from the UK only, addressed to:

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

Postal contributions must be accompanied by an s.a.e. 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.