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The poetry magazine with a different editor every issue. Join #TheMix
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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...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 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...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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 5, 2025 at 4:21 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...
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are delighted to welcome @pimlottkathy.bsky.social
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Want to know what Karina Jakubowicz thought of these poetry collections?

In our current issue - 'Ownership' Magma 92 - she reviews
Sarah Fletcher's 'Plus Ultra'; Trudie Gorman's 'Trust the Damage'; and Nisha Ramayya's 'Fantasia'.

Get yourself a copy here: magmapoetry.com/latest-issue/
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To everyone who has submitted poems for Magma 94 'REMIX', just a note to say longlist & rejections notifications are going out at the moment. We are hoping to have responded to you all by Wednesday 22nd October.

Thanks for your patience, & good luck!

Image: Williams Chechet
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
More reviews in our current issue 'Ownership' - magmapoetry.com/latest-issue/
@aoifelyall.bsky.social reviews @pimlottkathy.bsky.social's 'After the Rites and Sandwiches';
Camille Ralphs' 'After you were, I am'; and
@dzifabenson.bsky.social's 'Monster'.

magmapoetry.com/aoife-lyall-...
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Our current pamphlet is a joy to read! The economy of language is beautifully precise.
Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'.
Get your hands on a copy!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
These insightful reviews by @metapheric.bsky.social, in our current issue 'Ownership' are also now on our website.
Find out what he thought of Raymond Antrobus's 'Signs, Music', Jamie McKendrick's 'Drypoint', & @jedapearl.bsky.social's 'Time Cleaves Itself' : magmapoetry.com/eric-yip-rev...
October 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
These wonderful reviews by
@atarbuck.bsky.social that appear in our current issue 'Ownership' are also now up on our website. See what she thought of Em Strang's 'Firebird', Tamar Yoseloff's 'Belief Systems', and Victoria Kennefick's 'egg/shell' here: magmapoetry.com/alice-tarbuc...
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our latest winner of the Magma Open Pamphlet Competition - Michael Greavy's 'The Man Who Made Up Trees' - was officially launched last night with wonderful readings by Michael. It's a gorgeous collection of perfectly formed poems. Get your hands on a copy here! magmapoetry.com/publications...
October 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Really looking forward to the online launch of ‘The Man Who Made Up Trees’ by Michael Greavy - the winner of Magma’s 2024 pamphlet competition on Wed 1st Oct 7-8pm.

Discounted copies available on the night!

Register your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pamphlet-l...
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
IP-authenticated and available across web, iOS and Android devices, it's the perfect resource for poetry students.

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September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Something for all you poetry students and lecturers out there...
Why not let your university library know that they can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma?
Our archive goes right back to the very first issue in 1994... with @exacteditions.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Please join us for the online launch of ‘The Man Who Made Up Trees’ by Michael Greavy - the winner of Magma’s 2024 pamphlet competition on Wed 1st Oct 7-8pm. Discounted copies available on the night!
Register your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pamphlet-l...
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Did you know that university libraries can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma?

Our archive goes right back to the very first issue in 1994... with @exacteditions.bsky.social

institutions.exacteditions.com/magma-poetry
August 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT YOUR POEMS!!

Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and @williekinard.com can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX

More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Closing date: 31st July, 2025

Image: Williams Chechet
July 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and @williekinard.com
can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX

More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Closing date: 31st July, 2025

Image: Joao Aldeia
July 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wonderful evening celebrating the launch of our latest issue Magma 92 - 'Ownership' at the fantastic Seven Dials Club in Covent Garden last night!
Head over to our Instagram account for photos of all the readers!

📸pennydampier.com

magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
July 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and @williekinard.com are looking forward to receiving your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX

More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Closing date: 31st July, 2025
Image: Williams Chechet
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!

@cloudscholar.bsky.social Lola Oh and ‪@williekinard.com‬ can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX

How will you interpret this theme?

More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Image: Levels of Culture (@artsxcrft on Instagram)
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM