Magma Poetry Competition 2024/25 — Winners Announced

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’ Prize for poems up to 10 lines, which is judged by a panel of Magma editors.

The winning poems will be published in Magma 92, Summer 2025.

Judge’s Prize

First Alex Mazey: Folding Paper
Second Michael Martin: The Book of Dying
Third Jackson Phoenix Nash: Axe Throwing

Commended Amandine Vabre Chau: On watching my mother plant seeds
Commended Kirsty Crawford: Thief
Commended Adam Panichi: Things my Mugger Found
Commended Mariam Saidan: Home
Commended Rebecca Sharp: Pain perdu

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Editors’ Prize

First Wes Lee: Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal, Sulphur
Second Jane Wilkinson: Holy bitch
Third Sharon Black: Lungs

Commended AV Bridgwood: beach body
Commended S.L. Holm: Before Us
Commended Dillon Jaxx: i don’t miss the smoking
Commended David Oates: Shoulders
Commended Lauren Thomas: Three Urns III

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