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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

From Magma 90, Grassroots Read the review here: Jessica Traynor reviews Kwame Dawes, Milena Williamson and Neetha Kunaratnam

From Magma 90, Grassroots Read the review here: Matt Merritt reviews Rachael Allen, Yvonne Reddick and Imtiaz Dharker

The British artist Michael Landy once destroyed everything he owned – toothbrush, love letters, his dad’s old sheepskin coat, all 7,000 items he owned – as part of his performance artwork ‘Break Down’. Catharsis? Personal sacrifice? Or an examination of consumerism? He said it was like witnessing his own funeral. Could you part with your…

From Magma 89, Performance Read the review here: Cheryl Moskowitz reviews Fahad Al-Amoudi, Gregory Leadbetter and Elvire Roberts

From Magma 89, Performance Read the review here: Kym Deyn reviews Rachel Mann, Leontia Flynn and Marjorie Lotfi