Welcome to Magma Poetry

Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 20.11.26 6.30–8pm Book your free tickets here * Come celebrate the launch of this edition of Magma Poetry, one of the UK’s leading poetry magazines. This issue is themed entirely around Antarctic poetry: there will be readings, video, a projected backdrop of rarely seen Antarctic photos, with an ambient soundtrack. Each issue…

Theatreship. London Sunday, November 1 • 5 PM – 7:30 PM   Book your tickets here Readings from poets featured in this stunning issue, paired with live music, ambient sounds and visuals from the Antarctic Part of Theatreship’s guest nights – where contemporary artists take over the ship to highlight the stories they want to…

Magma Selected highlights a single poet who is emerging or whose work deserves to be better known, allowing us to publish a wider selection of poems. Our Selected Poet for Magma 96 is Elizabeth Bradfield and we are delighted to be able to share her reading her wonderful poems in the current issue of Magma. Poet/naturalist…

Thank You!  Enormous thanks to everyone who joined us at this very special event, launching Magma 95: Architecture at Pembroke Auditorium on Saturday, 17 October 2026! ** We would especially like to thank Angus Allman, Mark Wormald, and the Cambridge Poetry Festival for all their invaluable support and enthusiasm, helping us bring this wonderful event…

* 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 Deadline 31 January 2027 11:59 pm GMT * This year the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines will be judged by Fiona Benson,…

From Magma 95, Architecture Read the review here: Jessica Traynor reviews Hollie McNish, Pascale Petit and Keith Jarrett

From Magma 95, Architecture Read the review here: Greg Thomas reviews Jessica Traynor, Sean O’Brien and Miranda Cowley Heller

From Magma 95, Architecture Read the review here: Freya Jackson reviews Billy-Ray Belcourt, Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Sunni Brown Wilkinson

From Magma 95, Architecture Read the review here: Elontra Hall reviews Tom Paulin, Mark Ward and Sarah Howe