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For this issue of Magma, we ask that you send us your poems that carry an expressed spirit rendered so differently that they are a new thing. —–“You’re supposed to use everything from the past. If you know where you come from, it’s ——easier to get where you’re going.” – Quincy Jones Take inspiration from…

From Magma 91, In The Flesh Read the review here: Shalini Sengupta reviews Gustav Parker Hibbett, Niall Campbell and Len Pennie

From Magma 91, In The Flesh Read the review here: Zoë Brigley reviews Gboyega Odubanjo, Jen Campbell and Sasha Dugdale

From Magma 91, In The Flesh Read the review here: Tom Branfoot reviews Ali Lewis, Martin Figura and Caroline Bird

From Magma 91, In The Flesh Read the review here: Laurie Smith reviews Michael Longley, Clementine E Burnley and Hannah Copley

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2024/25 Poetry Competition Magma holds two poetry competitions each year: the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines, which was judged this year by Amy Acre, and the Editors’ Prize for poems up to 10 lines, which is judged by a panel of Magma…

UPDATE Fri 4th April: Our submission limit for submitting to Magma 93 ‘Liberation’ on Submittable has now been reached. We are able to accept postal submissions as long as they’re postmarked 5 April at the latest. Please follow instructions below.   We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online.…

From Magma 90, Grassroots Read the review here: Selina Rodrigues reviews Rebecca Goss, K Patrick and Laurie Bolger

From Magma 90, Grassroots Read the review here: Andre Bagoo reviews Ilaria Boffa, Sean O’Brien and Safia Elhillo