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The Magma 2020/21 Poetry Competition is now open for entries in both categories. The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines *** * Award-winning poet Theresa Lola is…

What Age Are You? Find out with Magma’s poetry launch. Experience the insights of young poets and the passions of older poets. Tue, 18 August 2020 19:00 – 21:00 BST All welcome. Free. Sign up to receive the Zoom link.…

  When I visit my grandma, our meetings will often follow a similar pattern. Before long we have finished exchanging all small life updates, after which she pulls out a stack of shoe boxes and places them on the table…

The submissions window for ‘Dwelling’ is open from 1st June – 31st July 2020. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. Up to 4 poems may be sent via Submittable, or by post…

Francisco Aragón responds to Carmen Giménez Smith Read the full article here From Magma 76, Resistancia  

The online launch of Magma 75: The Loss Issue is here! Zaffar Kunial, Khadijah Ibrahiim and Emily Zobel Marshall, three poets with a connection to Leeds, read moving poems about loss. Since our launch at the Leeds Poetry Centre had…

** The 2020 pamphlet competition is now closed.  Many thanks to all who entered. Results will be announced October/November. ** Judged by Mary Jean Chan Deadine: 10 August 2020 Magma invites you to enter our second pamphlet competition. We are…

Dear Magma Friends, Supporters and Subscribers, We are very sorry to have to let you know that our Magma 2019/20 Poetry Event to be held at the Poetry Cafe on 18 March next Wednesday has been cancelled. We discussed this…