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Girlhood is an anthology of objects and ephemera – hallways, windows, televisions, shadows, bonfires, the hissing of rain. They are not a chaotic congregation, but rather nexuses of a convoluted poetic neurosystem. Julia Copus’s multiple narrators, who share an urgent,…

The Magma 2019/20 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 Caroline Bird is the judge…

Magma holds two competitions, the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines, which was judged this year by Andrew McMillan, and the Editors’ Prize for poems of up to 10 lines, which was judged by a panel of…

Listen to audio recordings from Magma 74, Work, edited by Benedict Newbery and Pauline Sewards                         Mark Coverdale reads The Godfather of Dole    Stuart Charlesworth reads Bedsheet phoenix song     …

* The submissions window for ‘Resistencia’ is open from 1st July – 31st August 2019. 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…

From Magma 73 Read the review here: Jane Routh reviews Fiona Moore, Jericho Brown and Marianne Burton  

From Magma 73 Read the review here: Katrina Naomi reviews Raymond Antrobus, Terrance Hayes and Tim Turnbull  

From Magma 73 Read the review here: Ian McEwen reviews Charlotte Eichler, David Tait and Kristín Ómarsdóttir  

From Magma 73 Read the review here: Rishi Dastidar reviews Iain Morrison, Kate Potts and Michael Hofmann