The online launch of Magma 75: The Loss Issue is here! Zaffar Kunial, Khadijah Ibrahiim and Emily Zobel Marshall, three poets with a connection to Leeds, read moving poems about loss. Since our launch at the Leeds Poetry Centre had…
** The 2020 pamphlet competition is now closed. Many thanks to all who entered. Results will be announced October/November. ** Judged by Mary Jean Chan Deadine: 10 August 2020 Magma invites you to enter our second pamphlet competition. We are…
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 Poetry is excited to announce the winners and commended poets for its 2019/20 Poetry Competition for both the Judge's Prize and the Editors' Prize. Many thanks to everyone who entered our annual Competition. Our Judge Caroline Bird and Magma…
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…
The submissions window for ‘Collaborations’ is open from 1st February – 31st March 2020. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. One piece of work from your collaborations of up to 140 lines…
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 submissions window for ‘Act Your Age’ is open from 1st November – 31st December 2019. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. Up to 4 poems may be sent via Submittable,…
Sat, 23 November 2019 14:30 – 17:00 GMT Exmouth Market Centre Exmouth Market London EC1R 4QE Book your free tickets here * At the launch of The Loss Issue, we'll celebrate the past, memorialise the lost and look to the…
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