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There is a continuous, mutual impact between the Antarctic and our daily lives, yet the majority of us will never physically be there. Imagined centuries before it was discovered, Antarctica is an idea as much as a geographical place. Owned by no one, it belongs to us all. Documenting her personal journey to the Antarctic,…

In our new bi-monthly feature, Magma Editors share their reflections on current art taking place across the UK Magma board members have always been deeply engaged with different forms of art over the years, as editors and individual poets. Some of Magma Poetry recent issues have engaged directly with different forms of art (film, theatre,…

From Magma 93, Liberation  Read the review here: Godelieve de Bree reviews Amaan Hyder, Shash Trevett, and Helen Ivory

From Magma 93, Liberation  Read the review here: Elontra Hall reviews Fiona Benson, Antony Vahni Capildeo and Brittany Rogers

From Magma 93, Liberation  Read the review here: Helen Bowell reviews Luke Morgan, Hugo Williams and Oksana Maksymchuk

From Magma 93, Liberation  Read the review here: Dfiza Benson reviews Bei Dao and Kathleen Jamie

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 93  is Syed Kabeer Hassan and we are delighted to be able to share his reading his wonderful poem in the current issue of Magma.…

Co-edited by Leo Boix and Stav Poleg * This forthcoming issue of Magma grows out of our collaboration with architecture scholars which began during a conference at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge in Spring 2025. The conference, Poetic Spatial Writing, invited us to work with architecture scholars and students in order to explore creative approaches…

The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 11.59pm GMT See more details here