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· Nov 3
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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Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
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It's your last chance to get your entries in!
Our poetry competition closes TOMORROW Saturday 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Our poetry competition closes TOMORROW Saturday 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It's your last chance to get your entries in!
Our poetry competition closes TOMORROW Saturday 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Our poetry competition closes TOMORROW Saturday 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Only a few days left to get your entries in!
Our poetry competition closes at the end of the week - 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Our poetry competition closes at the end of the week - 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Only a few days left to get your entries in!
Our poetry competition closes at the end of the week - 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Our poetry competition closes at the end of the week - 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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'. His economy of language is used to perfection!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'. His economy of language is used to perfection!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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'. His economy of language is used to perfection!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'. His economy of language is used to perfection!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
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Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for underrepresented writers is officially open! ✍️
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for underrepresented writers is officially open! ✍️
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
COMPETITION ALERT! Just over two weeks to go! MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
magmapoetry.com/competition/
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
COMPETITION ALERT! Just over two weeks to go! MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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Today's listing of the day is: Magma Poetry Competition (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Magma Poetry Competition (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
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January 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Today's listing of the day is: Magma Poetry Competition (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
Join Magma editors @lisadmkelly.bsky.social and Patrizia Longhitano for a poetry workshop: A Valentine to Your Environment at the Arts Depot, 31 Jan 2-4pm
www.artsdepot.co.uk/project/play...
www.artsdepot.co.uk/project/play...
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Join Magma editors @lisadmkelly.bsky.social and Patrizia Longhitano for a poetry workshop: A Valentine to Your Environment at the Arts Depot, 31 Jan 2-4pm
www.artsdepot.co.uk/project/play...
www.artsdepot.co.uk/project/play...
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Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. With contributions from @imtiazdharker.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. With contributions from @imtiazdharker.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Did you know that university libraries can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma?
Our archive goes back to the first issue in 1994
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Image: Magma 43
Our archive goes back to the first issue in 1994
@exacteditions.bsky.social
Image: Magma 43
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Did you know that university libraries can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma?
Our archive goes back to the first issue in 1994
@exacteditions.bsky.social
Image: Magma 43
Our archive goes back to the first issue in 1994
@exacteditions.bsky.social
Image: Magma 43
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"It is a rich and beautiful collection, and vital for anyone who wishes to consider how art talks to art, and how art talks to the world."
Thank you Alice Tarbuck & @magmapoetry.bsky.social for reviewing Belief Systems by Tamar Yoseloff
magmapoetry.com (92)
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Thank you Alice Tarbuck & @magmapoetry.bsky.social for reviewing Belief Systems by Tamar Yoseloff
magmapoetry.com (92)
ninearchespress.com/publications...
January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"It is a rich and beautiful collection, and vital for anyone who wishes to consider how art talks to art, and how art talks to the world."
Thank you Alice Tarbuck & @magmapoetry.bsky.social for reviewing Belief Systems by Tamar Yoseloff
magmapoetry.com (92)
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Thank you Alice Tarbuck & @magmapoetry.bsky.social for reviewing Belief Systems by Tamar Yoseloff
magmapoetry.com (92)
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Sharing news of this wonderful Online Poetry Course, run by Stav Poleg, co-editor of the Architecture Issue. The course starts next week and is aimed for all levels:
Online Poetry Course
www.hillsroad.ac.uk/adult-educat...
Online Poetry Course
www.hillsroad.ac.uk/adult-educat...
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sharing news of this wonderful Online Poetry Course, run by Stav Poleg, co-editor of the Architecture Issue. The course starts next week and is aimed for all levels:
Online Poetry Course
www.hillsroad.ac.uk/adult-educat...
Online Poetry Course
www.hillsroad.ac.uk/adult-educat...
Have you sent in your entries yet?
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
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
January 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Have you sent in your entries yet?
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
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
Sharing news of this fascinating new creative writing course from Sarah Fletcher exploring sound and poetry.
This is a weekly course taking place at Rudolf Steiner House with support from Barnaby Tobias.
Starts Thu 15th Jan 7-9pm, £15 (£10 conc)
rsh.anth.org.uk/event/creati...
This is a weekly course taking place at Rudolf Steiner House with support from Barnaby Tobias.
Starts Thu 15th Jan 7-9pm, £15 (£10 conc)
rsh.anth.org.uk/event/creati...
Creative Writing - Rudolf Steiner House
Exploring Sound and Poetry with Sarah Fletcher, supported by Barnaby Tobias ‘Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.’ T.S. Eliot People often are inspired and baffled by poetry: as … C...
rsh.anth.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Sharing news of this fascinating new creative writing course from Sarah Fletcher exploring sound and poetry.
This is a weekly course taking place at Rudolf Steiner House with support from Barnaby Tobias.
Starts Thu 15th Jan 7-9pm, £15 (£10 conc)
rsh.anth.org.uk/event/creati...
This is a weekly course taking place at Rudolf Steiner House with support from Barnaby Tobias.
Starts Thu 15th Jan 7-9pm, £15 (£10 conc)
rsh.anth.org.uk/event/creati...
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We'll be sharing resources we find helpful going into the New Year. Do you have any courses or groups to recommend? I like @writershq.bsky.social. Here's a link to their Couch to 5k Words course, if you need some extra motivation. #WritingCommunity writershq.co.uk/festivals-ch...
Couch to 5k Words 2025 - Writers' HQ
The Writers’ HQ Couch to 5k Words Buttkick 2026 For creative writers of all kinds. It’s time to shake off your literary ennui and wake up your writing! Starts Monday 12 January 2026 Sign up now It’s t...
writershq.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
We'll be sharing resources we find helpful going into the New Year. Do you have any courses or groups to recommend? I like @writershq.bsky.social. Here's a link to their Couch to 5k Words course, if you need some extra motivation. #WritingCommunity writershq.co.uk/festivals-ch...
Looking back at our Magma 93 'Liberation' launch at Push the Boat Out Festival in Edinburgh.
Hosted by editor Isabelle Baafi, the event featured readings from some of the poets in the issue – Alycia Pirmohamed, Nat Raha, Zain Rishi & Amy L. King
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
Hosted by editor Isabelle Baafi, the event featured readings from some of the poets in the issue – Alycia Pirmohamed, Nat Raha, Zain Rishi & Amy L. King
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
December 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Looking back at our Magma 93 'Liberation' launch at Push the Boat Out Festival in Edinburgh.
Hosted by editor Isabelle Baafi, the event featured readings from some of the poets in the issue – Alycia Pirmohamed, Nat Raha, Zain Rishi & Amy L. King
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
Hosted by editor Isabelle Baafi, the event featured readings from some of the poets in the issue – Alycia Pirmohamed, Nat Raha, Zain Rishi & Amy L. King
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
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/
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/
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...
magmapoetry.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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/
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/
One of the aims of our current issue, Magma 93 'Liberation' was to broaden our collective understanding of what liberation means and how it can be gained, lost, shared and experienced.
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One of the aims of our current issue, Magma 93 'Liberation' was to broaden our collective understanding of what liberation means and how it can be gained, lost, shared and experienced.
FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: Wed 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg look forward to receiving your poems!
📷Oscar Niemeyer
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: Wed 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg look forward to receiving your poems!
📷Oscar Niemeyer
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: Wed 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg look forward to receiving your poems!
📷Oscar Niemeyer
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: Wed 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg look forward to receiving your poems!
📷Oscar Niemeyer
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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Anson Gonzalez has done so much for poetry in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean literature as a whole. @magmapoetry.bsky.social
This is for you Uncle Anson. Sleep well.
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
This is for you Uncle Anson. Sleep well.
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
Errata of Memory: a tribute to Anson Gonzalez and the power of spoken word - Magma Poetry
As I approach my twentieth year as a performer and activist, I have cause to reflect on spoken word in Trinidad and Tobago. I am thinking about the labour taken on by many people, in and out of the “m...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Anson Gonzalez has done so much for poetry in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean literature as a whole. @magmapoetry.bsky.social
This is for you Uncle Anson. Sleep well.
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
This is for you Uncle Anson. Sleep well.
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
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This has got to be my favourite Magma Brief so far. So inspiring!
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...
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...
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This has got to be my favourite Magma Brief so far. So inspiring!
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'.
magmapoetry.com/publications...
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'.
magmapoetry.com/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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'.
magmapoetry.com/publications...
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'.
magmapoetry.com/publications...
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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...
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Fantastic - please share and submit!
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...
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...
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fantastic - please share and submit!
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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
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!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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...
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...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
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...