Looking forward to launching Magma 94 'Remix' THIS FRI 22 May with readings from contributors to the magazine. The Nook, 385 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8GL. Entry is free. Doors open at 6.45pm, and the event starts at 7pm. Register your place here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magma-remi...

Magma's issue no. 94, Remix, edited by Elontra Hall, Willie Lee Kinard III, and Lola Oh, launches in London THIS FRI 22 MAY with readings from contributors to the magazine. The Nook, 385 Coldharbour Ln, SW9 8GL. Entry is free. Doors 6.45pm, starts 7pm. See you there!

Look Mom my name is on the cover of Magma Poetry UK, which will be launching this Friday in London! @magmapoetry.bsky.social

VERVE Poetry Festival's Poem of the Month is open now. £3 to enter, £100 prize. Every month five shortlisted poets and the winner are featured to over 6,000 subscribers. This is a competition that takes your work seriously. Find out more at vervepoetryfestival.com/poem-of-the-month

With the 2026 Magma Poetry Open Pamphlet Competition now underway, Magma’s Benedict Newbery talked to Michael Greavy about his poetry – including his process, and his approach to choosing the poems for his pamphlet submission. Check out the full blog piece here: magmapoetry.com/behind-the-p...

Today's #NaPoWriMo prompt comes from Cherry Potts, and asks you to write about the things that bring you joy. Cherry runs Arachne Press, one of over 70 organisations that have a stall at the Free Verse Fair this year. Come along this Saturday to meet them! FREE tickets at the link in our bio.

Looking forward to this year's Free Verse Fair on Sat 25th April! Come and say hello! Several Magma editors will be in attendance, and of course lots of lovely Magma magazines and pamphlets for your perusal... poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/fre...

Thank you @magmapoetry.bsky.social and @zcarpenterhall.bsky.social for your review of Blackbird Singing at Dusk by @wendypratt.bsky.social in Magma 94. "The images and concepts build upon each other throughout and the poetry is emotionally resonant."

Thrilled that my poem 'Scrimshaw' has been commended in the Magma Poetry Competition Editor's Prize. Magma Poetry is a fabulous magazine, so the commendation is really worth having.

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2025/26 Poetry Competition! Judged by @betarish.bsky.social and a panel of Magma editors. Well done everyone! Find out more here: magmapoetry.com/we-are-delig...

This Thursday at 5:30 P.M. CST, catch me outside a lil ways from home at Sewall Hall at Rice University ✨ With Sasha Debevec-McKenney & Lisa Low, for one night only, let us delight you with poems from our debuts. We’ll see you soon ✍🏾💛✨

And it's off! My latest Time Stamp, a poem inspired by a unit of time, only available via @stampfans.bsky.social. Subscribe here, and join a select crowd: www.stampfans.com/creator/time...

ONE WEEK TO GO!! Call for Submissions – Magma 96: The Antarctic Closing date: 31st March, 2026 Editors @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social, @branwellroberts.bsky.social & Elizabeth Lewis Williams look forward to receiving your poems! magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Huge thanks to @magmapoetry.bsky.social for publishing this poem in their latest issue — 'Magma 94: The Remix'. I've been submitting to lit mags, journals, etc., since the beginning of autumn 2023, and this was my first acceptance.

My copy of @magmapoetry.bsky.social has arrived! Looking forward to reading this.

Delighted to have received my contributor copies of Magma 94: Remix. Many thanks to the editors @magmapoetry.bsky.social

Such a fascinating issue of @magmapoetry.bsky.social THANK YOU editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social @williekinardiii.bsky.social and Lola Oh for including my 'Menstruating Cento' in the #Remix xxx

We're thrilled to announce our latest issue, Magma 94 'Remix' is now published! Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and ‪@williekinard.com said the poems they received "astounded, challenged, and delighted us" Get your hands on a copy here: magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

Call for Submissions – Magma 96: The Antarctic Closing date: 31st March, 2026 Editors @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social, @branwellroberts.bsky.social & Elizabeth Lewis Williams look forward to receiving your poems! More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

The Magma Open Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2026 is now open for submissions! Deadline: 1st July 2026 This year's judge is @marjorielotfi.bsky.social "I’m looking for crafted poems that grab my attention and won’t let go." magmapoetry.com/open-poetry-...

A fascinating piece by poet @cathygalvin.bsky.social on the historical background to her first full-length poetry book Ethnology: A love song for Connemara is featured in The Tablet, accompanied by the title poem. Register to read the article for free. www.thetablet.co.uk/features/a-l...

love talking about poetry? IPN Poetry Salon is for you. Join us, @renardpress.com @goatstarbooks.bsky.social & @inkandescentuk.bsky.social @nathanevansarts.bsky.social aj akoto @ruthirwin.bsky.social & gabriel moreno reading poems keats house Sat21Mar 2pm. £6-10 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...

Call for Submissions – Magma 96: The Antarctic Closing date: 31st March, 2026 Editors @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social, @branwellroberts.bsky.social & Elizabeth Lewis Williams look forward to receiving your poems! More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Get your tickets for this year's UniSlam Grand Finals ft. Amy Acre, Jasmine Gardosi & Jamal Mehmood at Birmingham Rep Sun 15th March www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/uni...

Call for Submissions – Magma 96: The Antarctic Closing date: 31st March, 2026 Editors @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social, @branwellroberts.bsky.social & Elizabeth Lewis Williams look forward to receiving your poems! More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

In our new bi-monthly feature, Magma Editors share their reflections on current art taking place across the UK. First up, @lisadmkelly.bsky.social on Tracey Emin's exhibition: A Second Life magmapoetry.com/poetry-and-a...

Great to hear poet and translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social speaking to @imcmillan.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4’s The Verb about @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. The Poems on the Underground scheme has just turned 40. George Szirtes features from 4:58. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Our very own @lisadmkelly.bsky.social wrote this wonderful article in Limping Chicken with input from Raymond Antrobus and Zoë McWhinney encouraging more BSL & Visual Vernacular entries for @forwardprizes.bsky.social limpingchicken.com/2026/02/18/l...

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/

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 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...

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

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/

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...

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...

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

"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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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/

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...

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 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...

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...