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RAFFLE PRIZES! We've organised a little raffle as part of our end-of-year party & fundraiser this Saturday at IPCS 😊
Prizes donated by: @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry, @overlandjournal.bsky.social, Sticky Institute, New International Bookshop.
Prizes donated by: @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry, @overlandjournal.bsky.social, Sticky Institute, New International Bookshop.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
RAFFLE PRIZES! We've organised a little raffle as part of our end-of-year party & fundraiser this Saturday at IPCS 😊
Prizes donated by: @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry, @overlandjournal.bsky.social, Sticky Institute, New International Bookshop.
Prizes donated by: @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry, @overlandjournal.bsky.social, Sticky Institute, New International Bookshop.
Announcing the shortlistees for the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers 2025! The prize recognises excellence in secondary school aged students across fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Congratulations to these young stars.
Read more: expressmedia.org.au/news/hachett...
Read more: expressmedia.org.au/news/hachett...
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Announcing the shortlistees for the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers 2025! The prize recognises excellence in secondary school aged students across fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Congratulations to these young stars.
Read more: expressmedia.org.au/news/hachett...
Read more: expressmedia.org.au/news/hachett...
Join Express Media on December 6 at IPCS in North Melbourne to celebrate youth literature, herald the arrival of summer, and raise money for Palestinian aid!
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Join Express Media on December 6 at IPCS in North Melbourne to celebrate youth literature, herald the arrival of summer, and raise money for Palestinian aid!
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
Congratulations to the winner of the Sudden Writing Prize for 2025, Ledya Khamou! 🥳
The prize is a collaboration between Express/Voiceworks and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
Read the winning piece 'Food Baby' here:
expressmedia.org.au/news/sudden-...
The prize is a collaboration between Express/Voiceworks and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
Read the winning piece 'Food Baby' here:
expressmedia.org.au/news/sudden-...
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Congratulations to the winner of the Sudden Writing Prize for 2025, Ledya Khamou! 🥳
The prize is a collaboration between Express/Voiceworks and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
Read the winning piece 'Food Baby' here:
expressmedia.org.au/news/sudden-...
The prize is a collaboration between Express/Voiceworks and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
Read the winning piece 'Food Baby' here:
expressmedia.org.au/news/sudden-...
Introducing the wonderful Toolkits: Poetry 2025 cohort! These young writers are immersing themselves in the forms and potentials of poetry across a 12-week course facilitated by Lou Garcia-Dolnik.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Introducing the wonderful Toolkits: Poetry 2025 cohort! These young writers are immersing themselves in the forms and potentials of poetry across a 12-week course facilitated by Lou Garcia-Dolnik.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Introducing the super cool Toolkits: Digital Storytelling 2025 cohort! Together, these young writers are busy exploring and experimenting in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Aries Gacutan.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Introducing the super cool Toolkits: Digital Storytelling 2025 cohort! Together, these young writers are busy exploring and experimenting in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Aries Gacutan.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Introducing the epic Toolkits: Graphic Narratives 2025 cohort! Together, they're busy learning and sketching in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Bailey Sharp.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Introducing the epic Toolkits: Graphic Narratives 2025 cohort! Together, they're busy learning and sketching in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Bailey Sharp.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
The 2025 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers closes this weekend!
— Developmental award for secondary-school aged students
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's mentor is children's author Ashleigh Barton
Info: expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
— Developmental award for secondary-school aged students
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's mentor is children's author Ashleigh Barton
Info: expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The 2025 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers closes this weekend!
— Developmental award for secondary-school aged students
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's mentor is children's author Ashleigh Barton
Info: expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
— Developmental award for secondary-school aged students
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's mentor is children's author Ashleigh Barton
Info: expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
ICYMI: Voiceworks #135 'Bend' is OUT NOW!
The first issue from editor Joel Keith and designer Alex Stevenson, bursting with new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics from young Australians.
~ Print: $20
~ Digital + wallpapers: $8
Cover art by Dhishni de Silva 🏹
expressmedia.org.au/store/p/voic...
The first issue from editor Joel Keith and designer Alex Stevenson, bursting with new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics from young Australians.
~ Print: $20
~ Digital + wallpapers: $8
Cover art by Dhishni de Silva 🏹
expressmedia.org.au/store/p/voic...
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ICYMI: Voiceworks #135 'Bend' is OUT NOW!
The first issue from editor Joel Keith and designer Alex Stevenson, bursting with new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics from young Australians.
~ Print: $20
~ Digital + wallpapers: $8
Cover art by Dhishni de Silva 🏹
expressmedia.org.au/store/p/voic...
The first issue from editor Joel Keith and designer Alex Stevenson, bursting with new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics from young Australians.
~ Print: $20
~ Digital + wallpapers: $8
Cover art by Dhishni de Silva 🏹
expressmedia.org.au/store/p/voic...
Toolkits Season 2 is here for 2025!
12-week online programs for writers under 30:
— Graphic narratives with Bailey Sharp
— Digital storytelling with Aries Gacutan
OR
— Poetry with Lou Garcia-Dolnik
Meet the facilitators: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/toolkit...
Apply: expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
12-week online programs for writers under 30:
— Graphic narratives with Bailey Sharp
— Digital storytelling with Aries Gacutan
OR
— Poetry with Lou Garcia-Dolnik
Meet the facilitators: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/toolkit...
Apply: expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
September 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Toolkits Season 2 is here for 2025!
12-week online programs for writers under 30:
— Graphic narratives with Bailey Sharp
— Digital storytelling with Aries Gacutan
OR
— Poetry with Lou Garcia-Dolnik
Meet the facilitators: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/toolkit...
Apply: expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
12-week online programs for writers under 30:
— Graphic narratives with Bailey Sharp
— Digital storytelling with Aries Gacutan
OR
— Poetry with Lou Garcia-Dolnik
Meet the facilitators: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/toolkit...
Apply: expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
The Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers is now open for 2025!
— Award for secondary-school aged students (12-18)
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's ambassador is children's author Ashleigh Barton
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
— Award for secondary-school aged students (12-18)
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's ambassador is children's author Ashleigh Barton
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers is now open for 2025!
— Award for secondary-school aged students (12-18)
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's ambassador is children's author Ashleigh Barton
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
— Award for secondary-school aged students (12-18)
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's ambassador is children's author Ashleigh Barton
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
📢 HUGE news!
We have an amazing opportunity for Express Media's next Comms & Admin whizz to take the reins on all things marketing, e-commerce, financial admin and partnerships 🤝
Applications close at 12PM AEST Friday 25 July. All the info/apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
We have an amazing opportunity for Express Media's next Comms & Admin whizz to take the reins on all things marketing, e-commerce, financial admin and partnerships 🤝
Applications close at 12PM AEST Friday 25 July. All the info/apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
July 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
📢 HUGE news!
We have an amazing opportunity for Express Media's next Comms & Admin whizz to take the reins on all things marketing, e-commerce, financial admin and partnerships 🤝
Applications close at 12PM AEST Friday 25 July. All the info/apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
We have an amazing opportunity for Express Media's next Comms & Admin whizz to take the reins on all things marketing, e-commerce, financial admin and partnerships 🤝
Applications close at 12PM AEST Friday 25 July. All the info/apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
Hey students, term three is coming up fast - have you been working on a piece of writing that you'd like to polish up and share with the world?✍️
👨🏫 Check out our workshops for creative writing in high schools, and send this link to your teacher: expressmedia.org.au/school-works...
👨🏫 Check out our workshops for creative writing in high schools, and send this link to your teacher: expressmedia.org.au/school-works...
July 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey students, term three is coming up fast - have you been working on a piece of writing that you'd like to polish up and share with the world?✍️
👨🏫 Check out our workshops for creative writing in high schools, and send this link to your teacher: expressmedia.org.au/school-works...
👨🏫 Check out our workshops for creative writing in high schools, and send this link to your teacher: expressmedia.org.au/school-works...
Voiceworks 134 'Vice' is here to tempt your weirdest wants and seediest sentiments 🚧🔗
Read an interview with Lee Lai, browse a directory of community health resources, and delve into the latest fic, nonfic, poetry + comics from young Australians!
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/voicew...
Read an interview with Lee Lai, browse a directory of community health resources, and delve into the latest fic, nonfic, poetry + comics from young Australians!
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/voicew...
June 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Voiceworks 134 'Vice' is here to tempt your weirdest wants and seediest sentiments 🚧🔗
Read an interview with Lee Lai, browse a directory of community health resources, and delve into the latest fic, nonfic, poetry + comics from young Australians!
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/voicew...
Read an interview with Lee Lai, browse a directory of community health resources, and delve into the latest fic, nonfic, poetry + comics from young Australians!
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/voicew...
We are deeply interested in capturing a composite picture of what people under 25 are writing about. Now!
Please send creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms.
aawp.org.au/wp-content/u...
Please send creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms.
aawp.org.au/wp-content/u...
June 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We are deeply interested in capturing a composite picture of what people under 25 are writing about. Now!
Please send creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms.
aawp.org.au/wp-content/u...
Please send creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms.
aawp.org.au/wp-content/u...
Apply now for Parliament Express - your chance to go behind the scenes at Parliament of Victoria!
Delivered over 6 weeks, this program offers professional mentoring, a Q&A session with MPs, and masterclasses in research and interviewing 📝
Apply by 22 June: expressmedia.org.au/parliament-e...
Delivered over 6 weeks, this program offers professional mentoring, a Q&A session with MPs, and masterclasses in research and interviewing 📝
Apply by 22 June: expressmedia.org.au/parliament-e...
June 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Apply now for Parliament Express - your chance to go behind the scenes at Parliament of Victoria!
Delivered over 6 weeks, this program offers professional mentoring, a Q&A session with MPs, and masterclasses in research and interviewing 📝
Apply by 22 June: expressmedia.org.au/parliament-e...
Delivered over 6 weeks, this program offers professional mentoring, a Q&A session with MPs, and masterclasses in research and interviewing 📝
Apply by 22 June: expressmedia.org.au/parliament-e...
Tonight! Delve into writing nonfiction and getting published, in a live Q&A between Indigo Bailey and Jamie Tram ✏️🎬
Live & free, Toolkits beamed to your phone, laptop, or telly.
See you at 6pm AEST on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@expressmedi...
Live & free, Toolkits beamed to your phone, laptop, or telly.
See you at 6pm AEST on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@expressmedi...
June 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Tonight! Delve into writing nonfiction and getting published, in a live Q&A between Indigo Bailey and Jamie Tram ✏️🎬
Live & free, Toolkits beamed to your phone, laptop, or telly.
See you at 6pm AEST on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@expressmedi...
Live & free, Toolkits beamed to your phone, laptop, or telly.
See you at 6pm AEST on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@expressmedi...
For over 35 years (😲) Express Media has been supporting young writers, editors, and publishers with developmental opportunities that go beyond the classroom 🧵...
June 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
For over 35 years (😲) Express Media has been supporting young writers, editors, and publishers with developmental opportunities that go beyond the classroom 🧵...
Budding fiction writers, we're cooking up an extra special treat for you! This Wednesday, catch Siang Lu in conversation with Toolkits mentor Anna Kate Blair for a free live streamed Q&A session, over on our Youtube channel.
📅 Mark your calendars for 6pm AEST
📅 Mark your calendars for 6pm AEST
June 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Budding fiction writers, we're cooking up an extra special treat for you! This Wednesday, catch Siang Lu in conversation with Toolkits mentor Anna Kate Blair for a free live streamed Q&A session, over on our Youtube channel.
📅 Mark your calendars for 6pm AEST
📅 Mark your calendars for 6pm AEST
High schoolers, send us your prose, poetry, comics, song lyrics, or whatever else you love writing 💥💭
Respond to the prompt 'Friction' in 100 words or less, and WIN an Express Media membership, Voiceworks sub, masterclass with an author, and more!
expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...
Respond to the prompt 'Friction' in 100 words or less, and WIN an Express Media membership, Voiceworks sub, masterclass with an author, and more!
expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...
May 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
High schoolers, send us your prose, poetry, comics, song lyrics, or whatever else you love writing 💥💭
Respond to the prompt 'Friction' in 100 words or less, and WIN an Express Media membership, Voiceworks sub, masterclass with an author, and more!
expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...
Respond to the prompt 'Friction' in 100 words or less, and WIN an Express Media membership, Voiceworks sub, masterclass with an author, and more!
expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...
The final Voiceworks issue from Editor Silas Moir is being sent off to print, so now's your last chance to subscribe and get it sent straight to your door 🚪📦
—Blurb by EdCommers Sam Himawan and Aries M. Gacutan
—Blurb by EdCommers Sam Himawan and Aries M. Gacutan
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The final Voiceworks issue from Editor Silas Moir is being sent off to print, so now's your last chance to subscribe and get it sent straight to your door 🚪📦
—Blurb by EdCommers Sam Himawan and Aries M. Gacutan
—Blurb by EdCommers Sam Himawan and Aries M. Gacutan
Are you the next Voiceworks designer? 👀
We're on the lookout for a new designer to bring a fresh and unique perspective to the next six issues!
📢 Get all the info and apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
We're on the lookout for a new designer to bring a fresh and unique perspective to the next six issues!
📢 Get all the info and apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
May 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Are you the next Voiceworks designer? 👀
We're on the lookout for a new designer to bring a fresh and unique perspective to the next six issues!
📢 Get all the info and apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
We're on the lookout for a new designer to bring a fresh and unique perspective to the next six issues!
📢 Get all the info and apply: expressmedia.org.au/work-with-us
Welcoming the Toolkits: Nonfiction class of 2025! ✏️
Traversing the realms of memoir, essay, textual analysis and experimental works, the group will be guided to discover the possibilities of collaborative work.
Learn more about each of them here: expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Traversing the realms of memoir, essay, textual analysis and experimental works, the group will be guided to discover the possibilities of collaborative work.
Learn more about each of them here: expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
April 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Welcoming the Toolkits: Nonfiction class of 2025! ✏️
Traversing the realms of memoir, essay, textual analysis and experimental works, the group will be guided to discover the possibilities of collaborative work.
Learn more about each of them here: expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Traversing the realms of memoir, essay, textual analysis and experimental works, the group will be guided to discover the possibilities of collaborative work.
Learn more about each of them here: expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Are you aged 12-18? Or do you have a young person in your life who has a love of writing? ✍️
Entries are now open for Little Stories, Big Ideas! Write in any form you want, to the theme of FRICTION.
expressmedia.submittable.com/submit/32591...
Entries are now open for Little Stories, Big Ideas! Write in any form you want, to the theme of FRICTION.
expressmedia.submittable.com/submit/32591...
April 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Are you aged 12-18? Or do you have a young person in your life who has a love of writing? ✍️
Entries are now open for Little Stories, Big Ideas! Write in any form you want, to the theme of FRICTION.
expressmedia.submittable.com/submit/32591...
Entries are now open for Little Stories, Big Ideas! Write in any form you want, to the theme of FRICTION.
expressmedia.submittable.com/submit/32591...
While Silas' tenure as Voiceworks Editor nears its end, catch this iteration of the 'Editor's Pick' bundle while you still can! 📚
It's a really good deal! 4 issues at half price.... don't miss it! 🏃
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/p/edit...
It's a really good deal! 4 issues at half price.... don't miss it! 🏃
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/p/edit...
April 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
While Silas' tenure as Voiceworks Editor nears its end, catch this iteration of the 'Editor's Pick' bundle while you still can! 📚
It's a really good deal! 4 issues at half price.... don't miss it! 🏃
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/p/edit...
It's a really good deal! 4 issues at half price.... don't miss it! 🏃
www.expressmedia.org.au/store/p/edit...