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Deadline: 31 May, 2023 Please send in a CV and copies of/links to one or two reviews to info@magmapoetry.com Role Description  The Magma Reviews Editor is responsible for: ● Commissioning a minimum of four reviews per issue of the magazine,…

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 83 is Kathryn Bevis and we are delighted to…

MAGMA POETRY TO PARTNER THE OBSIDIAN FOUNDATION * Obsidian is a new foundation and poetry retreat launched for Black poets, founded by Nick Makoha. The Retreat is a long-term, sustainable programme based on the successful model of Cave Canem in…

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

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…

Magma 75 editors Yvonne Reddick and Adam Lowe discuss the editing process and writing about loss. They are joined by contributor Jessica Sneddon, who talks about what it means to be published in Magma and the transition from studying creative…

Poets, guests and Magma Board members past and present gathered on 29th November 2019 to celebrate 25 years of publishing Magma. We met at the Concert Artistes’ Association in Covent Garden which had recently been refurbished and is very splendid.…

The results of the Magma Open Pamphlet Competition are here! Congratulations to our winner, shortlisted and commended poets.

Magma 72, The Climate Change Issue Monday 21st January 2019 Magma Poetry working with The Cambridge Conservation Initiative Free Book your tickets here   Looking back to the early 21st century from a few hundred years ahead – if there…

From Magma 71, The Film Issue The lens Whether you’ve spent a little or a long time with Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry – chances are that what surfaces when you call it to mind, are some of the things you’ve seen…