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…
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 …
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