Magma 2018/19 Competition open for entries
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…
Magma Subscribers — Winners of Authentication Competition
Many thanks to all the Magma subscribers who entered the Authentication Competition. Initially, I thought I would be judging the poems on my own, but I was helped in my selection by young poets focusing on their professional development attending…
Teaching Matters
From the University of Edinburgh website: Creative learning can change minds: Festival of Creative Learning and Magma Film Poetry Project. Read the article here.
Adele Ward Reviews ‘Now We Can Talk Openly About Men’ by Martina Evans (Carcanet, 2018)
The description ‘compulsive reading’ rarely applies to a poetry collection, no matter how well written, so it’s a welcome surprise to find a book that’s hard to put down until every poem is read. Martina Evans has achieved this with…
Magma 71 Online Review
Martyn Crucefix Reviews Vahni Capildeo, Sean O'Brien and Alice Miller Vahni Capildeo, Venus as a Bear (Carcanet Press, 2018) Sean O’Brien, Europa (Picador Poetry, 2018) Alice Miller, Nowhere Nearer (Liverpool…
Poetry and Film Collaboration
Magma Poetry in Collaboration with the University of Edinburgh Read about the collaboration on the Edinburgh College of Art website: Students Work With Poets on Collaborative Film Project Read the introduction by Stav Poleg and Jennifer Williams,…
Write an Authentication Poem
Subscribers-Only Competition – Open 1 July until 1 August Send poems to info@magmapoetry.com with ‘Authentication Competition’ in the subject title. We are very happy for anyone to have a go at writing an Authentication, but please only send your poem…
[SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED] Call for Submissions: Magma 73, Changeling
The submissions window for ‘Changeling’ is open from 1st July – 31st August 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…
Magma 71, The Film Issue — LAUNCH EVENT
Book your free ticket here Fri 13 July 2018 19:00 – 22:00 BST The Cinema Museum Dugard Way London SE11 4TH Join us to celebrate the launch of our fantastic Film Issue…
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