Magma Poetry

Our current pamphlet is a joy to read!
Have you got a copy yet?

Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'.

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Really looking forward to our in-person launch of Magma 93 'Liberation' at the fantastic Push the Boat Out poetry festival THIS SUNDAY 23 Nov, 12-1pm, at The Pleasance in Edinburgh.
Join us there!
More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...

Fantastic - please share and submit!

I saved this issue for a rainy day to read cover-to-cover and was not disappointed. I particularly loved Jill Hopper’s riposte to Samuel Pepys, and Anna Shelton’s dressing down of anatomical eponyms. But as ever, the whole issue is filled with brilliant poems, and thoughtful essays and reviews. <3

Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!

Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm

Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix & Stav Poleg look forward to reading your work—your rooms, your ruins, your bridges of language...
Image: Charles Schridde
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Text over a pink and yellow background listing the headline acts for Push the Boat Out Festival 2025. Text reads: Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival 20-23 November, plus pre festival events. Pleasance. Leena Norms * Hollie McNish * Michael Pedersen * Luke Kennard * Tinderbox Orchestra * Anthony Anaxagorou * Hannah Lavery * Zinnie Harris * William Letford * Nick Makoha * Len Pennie * Karen McCarthy Woolf * Victoria Chang * Lorna Goodison

Push the Boat Out 2025 is here! You can browse our programme, download a brochure, and book now 📣 🛶🎫

This year’s festival sets sail from 20-23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. pushtheboatout.org/programme/

Magma was the first poetry magazine I subscribed to, back at issue 71. We need more people subscribing to these spaces and keeping the truly innovative places for poetry alive, more so now than has ever been the case. Their briefs alone make this neurodivergent brain very happy indeed.

We remain deeply committed to keeping our magazine open, inclusive, & affordable, & we hope this small change will help ensure we can continue to publish & support poetry for years to come.
Thank you for your understanding & for your continued support of our work.
Magma Trustees

and sustainability. Every penny raised will go directly towards keeping the magazine running — supporting our publishing activities, paying for production costs, & maintaining our online submission system.

...a small submission fee for poetry. Submissions will remain free for subscribers & for those on benefits. For non-subscribers, there will be a small fee of £3 per submission.
We have thought carefully about this decision & hope it strikes a fair balance between accessibility...

Submittable fees, printing, postage & production costs, & other essential expenses have all increased in recent years – as have the numbers of submissions.
To help us manage these growing costs & to ensure the magazine can continue in a sustainable way, we are introducing...

Update on Poetry Submission Fees
As many of our readers & contributors know, our magazine is run by volunteers — our Trustees, editors & other Board members give their time freely. However, the costs of running the magazine continue to rise.

Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

Poets reading @ptbopoetry.bsky.social in Edinburgh 22-23 Nove include @pascalepetit.bsky.social, @marjorielotfi.bsky.social, @jesstraynor.bsky.social, plus an online event with Vidyan Ravinthiran & Arundhathi Subramaniam. There's special event for @rachaelboast.bsky.social's Versus Versus anthology.

Really enjoying this edition. I think the opening poem will be a great teaching resource for paediatrics ❤️

Alongside our online launch of Magma 93 'Liberation' next Thu 13 Nov, we are also holding an in-person launch at the fantastic Push the Boat Out poetry festival in Edinburgh, on Sun 23 Nov, 12-1pm.
Join us there!
More details & tickets here:
pushtheboatout.org/events/magma...

November news: shorturl.at/mzqLN

Vidyan Ravinthiran wins @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best Collection; new translations from Tomas Venclova, Pia Tafdrup & Ivan V. Lalić; online launch 20/11; Krisztina Tóth & Laura Wittner longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; plus much more!

Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social

Magma 93: Liberation Launch Event Join Magma contributors and editors for an evening of poetry on the theme 'Liberation'.

Will be reading at @magmapoetry.bsky.social issue no 93 launch, on Nov 13th. Register to attend here ⬇️ www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...

Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!

Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm

Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...

Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?

Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?

If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇

Episode 32: Clare Pollard - "The poem itself is a haunted house"

happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...

We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website.
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
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We are delighted to welcome @pimlottkathy.bsky.social
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!

Poem of the week: Storm in Brooklyn Subway by Menna Elfyn A collective dash for shelter in the city takes on a spiritual, near-religious power

'It seems that the interplay of Welsh may have helped produce lightning and luminosity in Elfyn’s English-language poetry.’ - Carol Rumens, Poem of the Week, @theguardian.com, on 'Storm in Brooklyn Subway' from Menna Elfyn's new collection Parch.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!

Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 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 De...

MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is 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
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social

Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/

Wayward Thoughts, by Sam Brown & Cheryl Moskowitz 21 track album

I'm thrilled to announce that this album featuring my poetry and lute music from virtuoso lutenist Sam Brown is out now!

We are extremely proud of it. You can order your copy here:

waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/waywar...

Forward prize names poets Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie its first joint winners Judge of prestigious award says two best collection winners ‘address the urgent challenges of our time’

Good night at the Forward Prizes last night. As a former judge I felt jealous our year didn't have the extra work of looking at the best single poem in performance category. That's been a great addition. Well done everyone: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...