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.

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...

What's in a line break? Join us next Tuesday December 2 as Toolkits: Poetry facilitator Lou Garcia-Dolnik and poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu sit down in conversation. Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGv...

What's in a line break? Join us next Tuesday December 2 as Toolkits: Poetry facilitator Lou Garcia-Dolnik and poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu sit down in conversation. Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGv...

'Does elsewhere exist or is its elusiveness the very point? Is this life enough?' This week, Shu-Ling Chua invites us into interdisciplinary meditations, as part of the EWF25 exhibition 'EWF X Textile Message'! ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

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...

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...

We want your feedback! Shape the future of The Wheeler Centre in our anonymous annual survey. As a thank you, you could win 1 of 2 $300 Coles Myer vouchers. Survey closes Friday 28 November 2025, 5pm AEDT. Winners drawn on or before Monday 1 December 2025. wheelercentre.typeform.com/to/Hti72bMC

Let's get digital! Join us next Wednesday November 19 as Toolkits: Digital Storytelling facilitator Aries Gacutan and writer Anita Solak join forces to discuss all things digital literature. Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbr...

Let's get digital! Join us next Wednesday November 19 as Toolkits: Digital Storytelling facilitator Aries Gacutan and writer Anita Solak join forces to discuss all things digital literature. Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbr...

Calling comics artists! Join us this Wednesday as Toolkits: Graphic Narratives facilitator Bailey Sharp and graphic novelist Tommi Parrish discuss drawing intimacy and making a career indie comics. Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5d_...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

Don't miss our last combined Story Hunter workshops for 2025! These workshops are designed for high-potential and gifted students, providing a space to work alongside other young writers from schools in our region, guided by the team at Story Hunter. Book at events.humanitix.com/host/newcast...

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...

⏰ Entries closing soon! Writers Victoria is pleased to partner with Nillumbik Shire Council again to present the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2026. This prestigious biennial national prize allows contemporary Australian writers to win cash prizes and profile their work.

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...

Express Media is excited to announce Eli McLean as our new General Manager / CEO 🎉 www.expressmedia.org.au/news/announc...

We're extending Toolkits applications until September 18! Writers and artists aged 16 to 30 are invited to join Express Media's 12-week online program with streams in poetry, digital storytelling and graphic narratives. More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/toolkits

The University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin. 12 September 2025

A collective statement from my University of Melbourne Creative Writing Program colleagues and I about the closure of Meanjin - and thank you to Julienne and Bec for representing us at the rally!

We're extending Toolkits applications until September 18! Writers and artists aged 16 to 30 are invited to join Express Media's 12-week online program with streams in poetry, digital storytelling and graphic narratives. More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/toolkits

Applications for Toolkits close this Sunday :-)

Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.

Melbourne Uni is killing the literary journal Meanjin. It's cultural vandalism. Australian universities are now deeply anti-intellectual places www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

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

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...

📢 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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

This week, we welcomed Joel Keith as the incoming Voiceworks Editor! 📝✨ Joel's here to bring an 'almost religious' devotion to sentences, deal in eccentric email syntax, and publish freaks! Get to know her better over on the website: expressmedia.org.au/news/welcomi...

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

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...

Congrats to the Toolkits: Fiction class of 2025! 👏💐 Last night we kicked off the first season for the year, welcoming these young writers into the 12-week fiction program with Anna Kate Blair. You can get to know each of them all a little better here: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/news/me...

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...

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...

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...

Hey young writers! We are so excited to announce that national secondary school competition Little Stories, Big Ideas has come under the Express Media banner! ✏️💡 Entries are opening Monday 21st April - get all the info here: www.expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...

Hey young writers! We are so excited to announce that national secondary school competition Little Stories, Big Ideas has come under the Express Media banner! ✏️💡 Entries are opening Monday 21st April - get all the info here: www.expressmedia.org.au/little-stori...