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A white square with the words NaPoWriMo 2026 in black in the top left hand corner. In top right hand corner is an image of a pink firework with a white centre, featuring the words Prompt 21. In the middle of the image is a large yellow firework. Overlaid on top of this is black text with a yellow background reading “Think about a journey of some kind - literal or metaphorical - that has given you joy, and write seriously about joy with as much passion and purpose as you would for the things that give you grief. It may be that arriving at this joy comes suddenly or unexpectedly and not from an aspired-for goal.” In the bottom left hand corner is a blue firework, and in the bottom right hand corner is the name Cherry Potts.

A white square with the words NaPoWriMo 2026 in black in the top left hand corner. In top right hand corner is an image of a pink firework with a white centre, featuring the words Prompt 21. In the middle of the image is a large yellow firework. Overlaid on top of this is black text with a yellow background reading “Think about a journey of some kind - literal or metaphorical - that has given you joy, and write seriously about joy with as much passion and purpose as you would for the things that give you grief. It may be that arriving at this joy comes suddenly or unexpectedly and not from an aspired-for goal.” In the bottom left hand corner is a blue firework, and in the bottom right hand corner is the name Cherry Potts.

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.

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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...

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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."

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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.

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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...

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Promo image for Cherry Reading Series event: “Three Poets | One Night at Rice,” featuring headshots of Kinard & poets Sasha Debevec-McKenney & Lisa Lowe looking toward the reader against an olive green background with monstera leaf decorative motifs.


Text: Three Poets | One Night at Rice
April 9, 2026 | 5:30
Sewall Hall 301

Presented by English & Creative Writing
Sponsored by Cherry Reading Series
Fondren Library, Rice University

Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Author of Joy Is Middle Name
(W. W. Norton, 2025)

Willie Lee Kinard III
Author of Orders of Service
(Alice James Books, 2023)

Lisa Low
Author of Replica
(University of Wisconsin Press, 2026)

Register Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1JOmxXlSpgEBuSR87UnV4z18QK-c8eO_M_iHGCpFMhqY/viewform?edit_requested=true&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngYy8mivrzc2G0JBXBXCxwP9SRw0OyYmqOh3dvAd-B9tHkucBwjaD2OpSw8A_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Promo image for Cherry Reading Series event: “Three Poets | One Night at Rice,” featuring headshots of Kinard & poets Sasha Debevec-McKenney & Lisa Lowe looking toward the reader against an olive green background with monstera leaf decorative motifs. Text: Three Poets | One Night at Rice April 9, 2026 | 5:30 Sewall Hall 301 Presented by English & Creative Writing Sponsored by Cherry Reading Series Fondren Library, Rice University Sasha Debevec-McKenney Author of Joy Is Middle Name (W. W. Norton, 2025) Willie Lee Kinard III Author of Orders of Service (Alice James Books, 2023) Lisa Low Author of Replica (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026) Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1JOmxXlSpgEBuSR87UnV4z18QK-c8eO_M_iHGCpFMhqY/viewform?edit_requested=true&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngYy8mivrzc2G0JBXBXCxwP9SRw0OyYmqOh3dvAd-B9tHkucBwjaD2OpSw8A_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

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 ✍🏾💛✨

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Time Stamps A StampFans Publication

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...

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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...

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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.

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Photograph of Magma issue 94

Photograph of Magma issue 94

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

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

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Cover of magma poetry journal no.94 on a red background

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

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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...

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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...

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Open poetry pamphlet competition 2026 - Magma Poetry JUDGE: Marjorie Lotfi DEADLINE: 1 July 2026 To have a pamphlet published by a magazine I’ve admired for its risk and innovation is humbling but richly rewarding. – Michael Greavy, winner of the last M...

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."

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A love song for Connemara - The Tablet The Provost’s Office, Trinity College, Dublin, 2022. A small group of community campaigners are gathered to request that the skulls of their forebears, stolen

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.
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi, Katie Clarke Ian McMillan is joined by George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi and Katie Clarke.

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.
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Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL) Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry need to be aware of rule changes, including that poems must be film…

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

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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

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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/

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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!

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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

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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/

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Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: Magma Poetry Competition (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Magma Poetry Competition (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

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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...

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