Poetry Prize 2017
As of midnight tonight (30th June 2017) this competition will be closed.
The London Magazine has been home to some of the most prestigious poets in...
The Rain Horse by Ted Hughes
As the young man came over the hill the first thin blowing of rain met him. He turned his coat-collar up and stood on...
Short Story Competition 2016
This competition is now closed.
Thanks to all who entered. The longlist, shortlist and winners will be announced over the next few months. Keep checking our...
Short Story Competition 2015
This competition is now closed.
Thank you so much to all entrants. The winners will be announced in the new year.
The London Magazine has...
Novel Writing Competition 2018
The London Magazine are proud to announce our inaugural Novel Writing Competition, in collaboration with Author Enterprises.
As the oldest literary magazine in the UK,...
An Interview with Frieda Hughes
We caught up with Frieda Hughes, one of this year's Poetry Prize 2017 judges. Although this prize has now closed, Frieda will begin reading...
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2016 | An Update
This competition is now closed.
Thank you so much to all entrants. The longlist, shortlist and winners will be announced over the next few months. Keep...
Is Social Media Killing Literature? By Francesca Baker
Social media is the root cause of all evil. You would be forgiven for thinking so at least. It has been blamed for breaking...
Short Story Competition 2016 | An interview with Angus Cargill
With just over a month until our Short Story Competition 2016 closes, we caught up with judge Angus Cargill and found out about his favourite...
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2016 | Judges
The London Magazine's annual Poetry Prize seeks out new writers whose work is adventurous, innovative and surprising in both form and content. We are very...
A Glamorous Life by Karl Manders
IN THE SUMMER, while their shells are still a pale colour, you may eat the white kernels of unripe hazel nuts. You extract their...
Poetry Competition 2015 Winners
We are delighted to announce that the winners of TLM's 2015 Poetry Competition are as follows: 1st place: Isabel Gallymore - 'Difficult Cup' 2nd place: Wes Lee...
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2017 | Winners
Thank you so much to everyone who entered The London Magazine‘s Poetry Prize 2017. The standard of entries was extremely high but our judges,...
Castles in the Air | Stephen Chambers : The Court of...
Princes, prefects, urchins and poets; these are just a few in a court of luminaries setting sail to Venice. But all is not as...
Happiness by Jack Underwood
‘Sometimes your sadness is a yacht’ is the title of the fourth poem in Jack Underwood’s recently published collection Happiness. Highlighting early on in...
The London Magazine Short Story Competition 2016 | Winners
Thank you so much to everyone who entered The London Magazine's Short Story Competition 2016. We were delighted to see such a large volume and high standard...
Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris
What is ‘home’? A person? A place? A feeling of belonging? These are the questions that run through Barney Norris’s debut novel like a finely...
“We live in the age of the beautiful book” – interview...
Writer, illustrator and current Children's Laureate Chris Riddell is becoming an increasingly familiar name to stumble upon in the literary world. He has collaborated...
Poetry Prize 2018
The London Magazine has been home to some of the most prestigious poets in its long publishing history, from John Keats to Sylvia Plath. Our annual Poetry Prize seeks...
Donald Trump – America’s First Oligarch-in-Chief
By Mohammad Zahoor On 20th January this year Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States. In the eyes of millions both...
Short Story Competition | Prize-Giving Ceremony
On Tuesday 28th March 2016 The London Magazine awarded the winners of the Short Story Competition 2016 during a drinks reception on the House of Commons Terrace. The prizes...
The London Magazine Essay Competition 2017 | Winners
We are very pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural essay competition: First Place: "On Writing Ethnic Stories" by Haleh Agar Second Place: "The Fire This...
Essay| Shetland Norn by Simon Tait
Shetland is a quiet, self-possessed nation of 22,000 whose population still considers itself to be more Norse than British. They like celebrations, foys they...
Falling Awake by Alice Oswald
'The whole challenge of poetry', Alice Oswald once wrote, 'is to keep language open, so that what we don't yet know can pass through...