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About Magma

Magma is distinct from other poetry magazines because each issue has a different editor. The editorship circulates among the group that runs the magazine, with an occasional guest editor. Each editor brings his or her particular interests to bear, resulting in poems and emphases that no-one else in the group could have predicted.

The group is united by its commitment to the best in contemporary poetry, whether from new or little-known poets or the more established. We look for poems which give a direct sense of what it is to live today – honest about feelings, alert about the world, sometimes funny, always well crafted.

Magma includes reviews of current publications and thought-provoking prose. The views expressed are those of the individual authors – Magma seeks to present a range of views not a single Magma view.

We publish three times a year in spring, summer, and winter, with a
selection of poems and articles on our website.

Magma 34 is designed by Karen Green who lives and works in London and Neil Jarvis who is a freelance graphic designer. Original illustrations are by John Green, p. 1, Marsha Levin, pp. 4, 52, 81, Brian Pomeroy, pp. 8, 17, 55, 80 and Tim Robertson, pp. 36,41.

The launch reading for Magma 34 is at 8pm on Monday 20 March 2006 in the Coffee-House Poetry series at the Troubadour Coffee House, 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 (email [email protected]). The nearest tube station is Earl’s Court. The guest poets are Mimi Khalvati and David Harsent. Admission is the normal Coffee-House charge of £5.50 (£4.50 concessions).

Magma 35 (May 2006) will be edited by Tim Robertson.

Magma 36 (November 2006) will be guest-edited by Anne-Marie Fyfe who is interested in “INSCAPES: poems of the inner self, of secret thoughts, streams of consciousness, interior monologues, altered states of mind...”

At the Ledbury Poetry Festival (30 June - 9 July 2006) Magma
is sponsoring a reading by Don Paterson, the festival’s poet in
residence, and will have a stall at the event. Box office tel. 0845 458 1743.

Arts Council Grant. We are grateful to Arts Council England for supporting us with funding for our development projects over the coming months.

Obtaining Magma
You will find an Order Form on page 84. Subscribing will bring you Magma at a reduced rate and subscribing by Standing Order is the simplest way.

Contributing to Magma
You are welcome to send us unpublished poems by post or email.
Deadlines are end of February, mid-July and end of October. Poems are considered for one issue only. Postal contributions must be accompanied by an s.a.e. if posted in the UK and with sufficient International Reply Coupons if posted from abroad. The contributor’s name must appear on each page. Contributions should include an email address whenever possible, and all those including one will be acknowledged. Contributions by email
to [email protected] or by post to David Boll, Magma, 43 Keslake Road, London NW6 6DH.

Other corresondence to David Boll as above or to:
[email protected]

www.magmapoetry.com
Our website contains a selection of Magma poems and articles, and details of how to submit, subscribe and order back copies. We have developed the site to include a debating room and other interactive features for our subscribers.