Here is a scary New Year’s treat – a poem from Suzannah V Evans written during the mass die-off of North Sea creatures during the Beast from the East storm in March 2018. I love the way the poem takes…
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…
Welcome to our blog on Magma’s Climate Change Issue. We’ll be posting every week or two between now and March. We’ll write about the background to the magazine, the editing experience, events etc, and introduce a few guest contributions. Magma…
Book your tickets here This event will be BSL interpreted * Thu 29 November 2018 18:30 – 21:00 GMT Exmouth Market Centre Exmouth Market London EC1R 4QE * Looking back to the early 21st century from…
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…
* The submissions window for ‘Work’ is open from 8th October – 8th December 2018. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. Poems may be sent via Submittable, or by post if you…
Jo Burns - Circling for Gods (Eyewear), £6 John Challis - The Black Cab (Poetry Salzburg), £6 Hera Lindsay Bird - Pamper Me to Hell & Back (Smith/Doorstop), £7.50 Jo Burns’s debut pamphlet, Circling for Gods, skirts across the seas…
Magma Poetry Competition 2018-19 The Magma 2018/9 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…
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