The submissions window for ‘Film’ is open from October 1st 2017 until January 31st 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 live in the…
Magma workshop & Open Mic SATURDAY 4th NOVEMBER 10am - 12pm | FREE | GARAGE GALLERY Magma team members Susannah Hart & Lisa Kelly will offer a lively event reading, writing and enjoying poetry. Magma is delighted to be hosting…
Thank you to everyone who submitted poems for the Europe issue. The submission window has now closed and the editors are reading the exciting new work sent in. More details soon.
Magma's 2017/18 poetry competitions are now open for your prize-winning long and short poems. We are very excited to announce that award-winning poet Mona Arshi is the judge for the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines and she will…
The submissions window for Magma 69, The Deaf Issue, edited by Lisa Kelly and Raymond Antrobus, is now closed. The editors are currently making their final selection of poems and all poets will be contacted as soon as possible. The…
The launch of Magma 68 will be on Friday 28th July, 7pm at London Review Bookshop, 14-16 Bury Pl, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2JL. Guest readers are Fleur Adcock and Katy Evans-Bush and the list of confirmed readers includes, Louisa Archer,…
Europe. Whether it derives from the name of a Phoenician princess, a queen of Crete or a proto-Indo-European word meaning ‘darkness’, the term Europe has been used to define a geographical region since at least the 6th century BC. Is it merely Bismarck’s ‘geographical expression’? Does it stretch to the Urals? Or the North African coast? Historical, sociological, cartographical, cultural – we’re open to explorers.
The launch of Magma 67 will be on Friday 24 March, 7pm, in the LRB Bookshop, 14-16 Bury Pl, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2JL. Guest reader is Richard Price, and the list of confirmed readers includes M67 ‘Selected’ poet Holly Corfield…
Between the 7th and 9th October, Magma was proud to attend the Winchester Poetry Festival and get involved with a wide range of really great events, readings and lectures. Jo Shapcott and Things Being Various Jon Sayers, hosted another episode…
The launch of Magma 64 will take place on the 24th of March, 7pm at The London Review Book Shop. Formed around the theme risk, we were delighted with the huge variety of poems that we received. Risks in every form, size and…
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