Magma Pamphlet Competition

Michael Greavy won Magma’s 2024 pamphlet competition, with Judge Niall Campbell saying: ‘The collection felt like having a seat in the middle of an orchestra or a ceilidh band. There was something so joyful about this abandon to words and…

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2024/25 Poetry Competition Magma holds two poetry competitions each year: the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines, which was judged this year by Amy Acre, and the Editors’…

We are thrilled to announce that Alexa Winik has won our pamphlet competition, and so pleased that we will be publishing her pamphlet early next year - her debut pamphlet, our second ever.  Our competition judge, Mary Jean Chan, said…

We are delighted to feature, below, one previously unpublished poem from each of the ten entries shortlisted by our judge Mary Jean Chan. She had this to say: “It was a joy and privilege to read through the longlisted pamphlets…

Thank you to everyone who entered Magma's pamphlet competition. We are delighted to announce the shortlist. Our judge, Mary Jean Chan, has chosen: * All that fun we are not having by Mantra Mukim  Atmospheric Ghost Lights by Yvette Siegert…