Magma Selected highlights a single poet who is emerging or whose work deserves to be better known, allowing us to publish a wider selection of poems. Our Selected Poet for Magma 84 is Lucy Allsopp and we are delighted to…
The Magma 2022/23 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’s 2022/23 poetry competitions are now…
From Magma 83, Solitude Read the review here: Sophie Thomas reviews Padraig Regan, Anne Ryland and Dan O’Brien
From Magma 83, Solitude Read the review here: Sana Goyal reviews Agnieszka Studzińska, Stephanie Sy-Quia and Ishaq Imruh Bakari
From Magma 83, Solitude Read the review here: Richie McCaffery reviews Alice Frecknall, Paul Batchelor and Leonie Rushforth
From Magma 83, Solitude Read the review here: Martyn Crucefix reviews Jane Burn, Sarah Barnsley and John McCullough
Magma Selected highlights a single poet who is emerging or whose work deserves to be better known, allowing us to publish a wider selection of poems. Our Selected Poet for Magma 83 is Kathryn Bevis and we are delighted to…
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2021/22 Poetry Competition Read the poems here: Magma Poetry Competitions 2021/22 — Winning and Commended Poems Winner of the JUDGE’S PRIZE judged by Marvin Thompson: Gwen Sayers with Archbishop Tutu’s funeral…
Magma 85: Poems for schools Edited by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Laurie Smith and Gill Ward. The submissions window for ‘Poems for schools’ is open from 1st July to 31st July 2022. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either…
Magma is excited to introduce our new Reviews Editor, Fahad Al-Amoudi, who will be taking over from the brilliant Rob A Mackenzie, who is leaving to devote more time to his publishing venture Blue Diode Press. Fahad is a poet…
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