The deadline is 30 November for two poetry contests run by Magma, to celebrate the past 50 issues of the magazine. The Magma judge’s prize is for a poem up to 80 lines.  All poems submitted will automatically be entered for the judge’s prize which this year will be judged by award-winning poet George Szirtes.  The first prize is £500, second £200, and third £100. In addition, the Magma editors’ prize has been set up to give long-overdue recognition to short poems and is open to poems of up to 10 lines. This celebrates the rotating Magma editorship and poems of up to 10 lines will be judged by a panel of  editors who will select a variety of poems for special mentions as well as choosing first and second prize winners. For this, the first prize is £500, second £200, plus 10 special mentions getting £10 each. All 15 winners will see their poems published in Magma’s spring issue 2012 and be invited to read alongside George Szirtes at a prize-giving event on Monday 13 February 2012 in London. Competition entry fees are £5 per poem or £15 for four poems, except for Magma subscribers who pay £3 per poem or £9 for four poems. More details