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Magma holds two poetry competitions each year: the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines, which was judged this year by Rishi Dastidar, and the Editors’ Prize for poems up to 10 lines, which was judged by a panel of Magma editors.
The winning poems will be published in Magma 95, Summer 2026.
Thank you to everyone who entered and trusted Magma with your poems. Some long discussions and hard decisions were made!
JUDGE’S PRIZE
First The cleverest man in the world Sharon Black
Second The Evolution of X Damen O’Brien
Third A hundred tiny naked women Lesley Curwen
Commended Linguistics Penny Blackburn
Commended Elegy for the Argos catalogue Chrissie Dreier
Commended Skibidi Toilet Sam Harvey
Commended Believe Me Conan Tan
Commended Overnight you became a river Fiona Ritchie Walker
EDITORS’ PRIZE
First When did you last see your father? A C Clarke
Second Light / Regular / Super / Super Plus  Aliyah Begum
Third Scrimshaw Catherine Spooner
Commended Hanging by a Thread, You Instruct Me to Care Jasmin Allenspach
Commended One Hit Wonder Daragh Byrne
Commended Childish games Eleanor Holmes
Commended Disneyland Steven Stromboli
Commended Lichenisation  Max Wallis

 

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