Submission Guidelines

Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, please contact Voiceworks editor Selina Moir-Wilson at editor@expressmedia.org.au.

We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under twenty-five at the time of submission. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish writers living in Australia or Australian writers living overseas.

Voiceworks only considers previously unpublished work (which includes personal websites and blogs). We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.

If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us three months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

Fiction Guidelines

Send no more than two fiction pieces, each no more than 3000 words. If you are submitting two stories, please upload them both in this submission (as two separate documents), rather than creating a second fiction submission.

We encourage you to submit across genres, but please send us no more than four submissions in total (excluding visual art).

Those seeking to submit nonfiction, poetry or visual art, please see the separate submission categories.

Deadline: Sunday 30 April, 11:59 AEST
Theme: Doll


Post by: Bebi Chhichi
HAUNTED MGA ENTERTAINMENT BRATZ JADE FORMAL FUNK (2003) — NEGATIVE SPIRIT VESSEL DOLL  — EXERCISE CAUTION


⭐️ Jade’s previous owner was a nonsmoker/no pets who reported oppressive heat and dryness of mouth when sleeping in the same room as this dark energy entity.

⭐️ Spirit vessel comes with funky formal wear, after party outfit, 2 pairs of shoes, “hot threads” fashion mannequin, exclusive memory book and Bratz pics, collectable prom corsage, beauty wrap and gloves, 2 Bratzpack handbags, tons of stylin’ accessories

⭐️ small marks from general play, (should lift with benzac10% acne cream)

⭐️ If you’re a collector of negative spirit vessels or original Bratz dolls, Jade may be an intriguing addition to your collection.


$300 OBO


Comments

Stacie Roberts

sorry but i’m TEAM BARBIE!! Barbie is said to have popularised the teen/adult doll for children. Prior to her invention, little girls were typically given near life-sized baby dolls, toddler dolls, dolls younger than themselves to play with, care for, enact motherhood on. With Barbara, instead of the girl being a character in the game, the dolls played with each other—the child as author. Barbie isn’t your friend, Barbie is a vessel to narrate your desires through.


Cécile Rey

i have her too!! i actually have whole room of her, shelves and shelves of seemingly identical plastic women, subtle flaws evidence of the humans who made them, who owned them—faces printed at slightly odd angles, hair bent to the shape of its previous styles.

Reply from: Josefina Montoya

Wah so sad wish i still had mine :( swapped my DOLLS out for the DOLLY sealed section and now i miss them. Would buy but now i’ve swapped DOLLY for being on THE DOLE lol and i can’t afford her (or my power bill!)


Lagoona Blue

OMG this totally just sparked a memory of when I was a kid and I thought my cabbage patch doll was hungry so I fed her cheese. I got in soooo much trouble but I loved her even with the cheese going off in her mouth. she was always there for me when others weren’t… maybe some of you can relate </3


Ken Carson

this Jade model is all wrong, legs look too short and jawline needs filing down. definitely a fake.  

Reply from: Caroline Abbott

no she’s PERFECT!! I wish I looked like that wahh


Clawdia Wolf

@Molly interested?

Reply from: Molly McIntire

nah i only collect porcelain spirit vessels, the soft cloth on the cool clay—tender body, small hard hands. big and heavy and fragile like a baby, like my baby. 


Sonali Matthews

OMG LOVE HER!!! SOLD!!

Reply from: Bebi Chhichi

Dm’d you

~Thanks to EdCommers for the blurb~

Remember, you don't have to stick to the theme. Most of all, we want good writing!

Rates of Pay
$100 per published piece.

Terms of Publication
Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media and Voiceworks websites, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.

Subscribe

 To get a better idea of what kind of work we publish in the magazine, and to help us continue to support young writers, you can subscribe* to Voiceworks here.

   *Choosing not to subscribe will not impact your submission.

Submission Guidelines

 Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, please contact Voiceworks editor Selina Moir-Wilson at editor@expressmedia.org.au.

 We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under twenty-five at the time of submission. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish writers living in Australia or Australian writers living overseas.

Voiceworks only considers previously unpublished work (which includes personal websites and blogs). We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.

 If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us three months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

Poetry Guidelines

Poetry: send no more than three poems, each no more than 100 lines. We recommend reading our poetry guide here before sending us your work.

We encourage you to submit across genres, but please send us no more than four submissions in total (excluding visual art).

Deadline: Sunday 30 April, 11:59 AEST
Theme: Doll 


Post by: Bebi Chhichi

HAUNTED MGA ENTERTAINMENT BRATZ JADE FORMAL FUNK (2003) — NEGATIVE SPIRIT VESSEL DOLL  — EXERCISE CAUTION

⭐️ Jade’s previous owner was a nonsmoker/no pets who reported oppressive heat and dryness of mouth when sleeping in the same room as this dark energy entity.

⭐️ Spirit vessel comes with funky formal wear, after party outfit, 2 pairs of shoes, “hot threads” fashion mannequin, exclusive memory book and Bratz pics, collectable prom corsage, beauty wrap and gloves, 2 Bratzpack handbags, tons of stylin’ accessories

⭐️ small marks from general play, (should lift with benzac10% acne cream)

⭐️ If you’re a collector of negative spirit vessels or original Bratz dolls, Jade may be an intriguing addition to your collection.


$300 OBO


Comments

Stacie Roberts

sorry but i’m TEAM BARBIE!! Barbie is said to have popularised the teen/adult doll for children. Prior to her invention, little girls were typically given near life-sized baby dolls, toddler dolls, dolls younger than themselves to play with, care for, enact motherhood on. With Barbara, instead of the girl being a character in the game, the dolls played with each other—the child as author. Barbie isn’t your friend, Barbie is a vessel to narrate your desires through.

Cécile Rey

i have her too!! i actually have whole room of her, shelves and shelves of seemingly identical plastic women, subtle flaws evidence of the humans who made them, who owned them—faces printed at slightly odd angles, hair bent to the shape of its previous styles.

Reply from: Josefina Montoya

Wah so sad wish i still had mine :( swapped my DOLLS out for the DOLLY sealed section and now i miss them. Would buy but now i’ve swapped DOLLY for being on THE DOLE lol and i can’t afford her (or my power bill!)

Lagoona Blue

OMG this totally just sparked a memory of when I was a kid and I thought my cabbage patch doll was hungry so I fed her cheese. I got in soooo much trouble but I loved her even with the cheese going off in her mouth. she was always there for me when others weren’t… maybe some of you can relate </3

Ken Carson

this Jade model is all wrong, legs look too short and jawline needs filing down. definitely a fake. 

Reply from: Caroline Abbott

no she’s PERFECT!! I wish I looked like that wahh

Clawdia Wolf

@Molly interested?

Reply from: Molly McIntire

nah i only collect porcelain spirit vessels, the soft cloth on the cool clay—tender body, small hard hands. big and heavy and fragile like a baby, like my baby.

Sonali Matthews

OMG LOVE HER!!! SOLD!!

Reply from: Bebi Chhichi

Dm’d you


~Thanks to EdCommers for the blurb~

Remember, you don't have to stick to the theme. Most of all, we want good writing!

Rates of Pay
$100 per published piece.

Terms of Publication
Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media and Voiceworks websites, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.

Subscribe

 To get a better idea of what kind of work we publish in the magazine, and to help us continue to support young writers, you can subscribe* to Voiceworks here.

   *Choosing not to subscribe will not impact your submission.

Submission Guidelines

Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, please contact Voiceworks editor Selina Moir-Wilson at editor@expressmedia.org.au.

 We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under twenty-five at the time of submission. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish writers living in Australia or Australian writers living overseas.

Voiceworks only considers previously unpublished work (which includes personal websites and blogs). We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.

 If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us three months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

Nonfiction Guidelines

For completed work, send no more than two pieces, each no more than 3,000 words.

We encourage you to submit across genres, but please send us no more than four submissions in total (excluding visual art).

Deadline: Sunday 30 April, 11:59PM AEST
Theme: Doll


Post by: Bebi Chhichi

HAUNTED MGA ENTERTAINMENT BRATZ JADE FORMAL FUNK (2003) — NEGATIVE SPIRIT VESSEL DOLL  — EXERCISE CAUTION

⭐️ Jade’s previous owner was a nonsmoker/no pets who reported oppressive heat and dryness of mouth when sleeping in the same room as this dark energy entity.

⭐️ Spirit vessel comes with funky formal wear, after party outfit, 2 pairs of shoes, “hot threads” fashion mannequin, exclusive memory book and Bratz pics, collectable prom corsage, beauty wrap and gloves, 2 Bratzpack handbags, tons of stylin’ accessories

⭐️ small marks from general play, (should lift with benzac10% acne cream)

⭐️ If you’re a collector of negative spirit vessels or original Bratz dolls, Jade may be an intriguing addition to your collection.


$300 OBO


Comments

Stacie Roberts

sorry but i’m TEAM BARBIE!! Barbie is said to have popularised the teen/adult doll for children. Prior to her invention, little girls were typically given near life-sized baby dolls, toddler dolls, dolls younger than themselves to play with, care for, enact motherhood on. With Barbara, instead of the girl being a character in the game, the dolls played with each other—the child as author. Barbie isn’t your friend, Barbie is a vessel to narrate your desires through.

Cécile Rey

i have her too!! i actually have whole room of her, shelves and shelves of seemingly identical plastic women, subtle flaws evidence of the humans who made them, who owned them—faces printed at slightly odd angles, hair bent to the shape of its previous styles.

Reply from: Josefina Montoya

Wah so sad wish i still had mine :( swapped my DOLLS out for the DOLLY sealed section and now i miss them. Would buy but now i’ve swapped DOLLY for being on THE DOLE lol and i can’t afford her (or my power bill!)

Lagoona Blue

OMG this totally just sparked a memory of when I was a kid and I thought my cabbage patch doll was hungry so I fed her cheese. I got in soooo much trouble but I loved her even with the cheese going off in her mouth. she was always there for me when others weren’t… maybe some of you can relate </3

Ken Carson

this Jade model is all wrong, legs look too short and jawline needs filing down. definitely a fake. 

Reply from: Caroline Abbott

no she’s PERFECT!! I wish I looked like that wahh

Clawdia Wolf

@Molly interested?

Reply from: Molly McIntire

nah i only collect porcelain spirit vessels, the soft cloth on the cool clay—tender body, small hard hands. big and heavy and fragile like a baby, like my baby.

Sonali Matthews

OMG LOVE HER!!! SOLD!!

Reply from: Bebi Chhichi

Dm’d you


~Thanks to EdCommers for the blurb~

Remember, you don't have to stick to the theme. Most of all, we want good writing!

Rates of Pay
$100 per published piece.

Terms of Publication
Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media and Voiceworks websites, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.

Subscribe

 To get a better idea of what kind of work we publish in the magazine, and to help us continue to support young writers, you can subscribe* to Voiceworks here.

   *Choosing not to subscribe will not impact your submission.

Submission Guidelines

 Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, please contact Voiceworks editor Selina Moir-Wilson at editor@expressmedia.org.au.

 We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under twenty-five at the time of submission. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish writers living in Australia or Australian writers living overseas.

Voiceworks only considers previously unpublished work (which includes personal websites and blogs). We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.

 If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us three months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

Pitching Guidelines
How to pitch to Voiceworks
The best pitches include detail! Clearly lay out your angle and argument, and provide specific examples of the research and anecdotes you’ll draw upon. Submit a document addressing the questions below, along with a 300-word sample from the start of the piece if you have one.
Things to ask yourself either way:
- What is your key point or argument?
- What is your particular angle to take?
- What is the logical and structural progression of your piece?
- Why are you the person to write this piece? Personal experience, willingness to research, etc.
- If you need evidence, where did you get it from? What research have you conducted?
- Why Voiceworks?
- How long is the piece going to be?
You don’t have to know all these answers, but it should get you thinking about your piece thoroughly. None of this is a totally prescriptive guide—we want to give you direction and encouragement, not to close off the possibility of writing nonfiction for us.


What happens if your pitch is selected
If we think the work you pitched would be a good fit for Voiceworks, we will (ideally) get in touch around two weeks after the pitch deadline. We’ll provide advice and direction on how to approach the piece, and request a full draft to be submitted around three weeks later. This isn’t very much time! Because of the tight turnaround, we prefer pitches that demonstrate some prior research, preparation and thought, so that you’re not scrambling to research and write an entire piece from scratch in a matter of weeks. Just to be clear, the full drafts we request are not guaranteed publication, but responding to our suggestions early on gives your piece the best possible chance.

Deadline for pitches: Sunday 23 April, 11:59PM AEST
Theme: Doll 


Post by: Bebi Chhichi

HAUNTED MGA ENTERTAINMENT BRATZ JADE FORMAL FUNK (2003) — NEGATIVE SPIRIT VESSEL DOLL  — EXERCISE CAUTION

⭐️ Jade’s previous owner was a nonsmoker/no pets who reported oppressive heat and dryness of mouth when sleeping in the same room as this dark energy entity.

⭐️ Spirit vessel comes with funky formal wear, after party outfit, 2 pairs of shoes, “hot threads” fashion mannequin, exclusive memory book and Bratz pics, collectable prom corsage, beauty wrap and gloves, 2 Bratzpack handbags, tons of stylin’ accessories

⭐️ small marks from general play, (should lift with benzac10% acne cream)

⭐️ If you’re a collector of negative spirit vessels or original Bratz dolls, Jade may be an intriguing addition to your collection.

$300 OBO


Comments

Stacie Roberts

sorry but i’m TEAM BARBIE!! Barbie is said to have popularised the teen/adult doll for children. Prior to her invention, little girls were typically given near life-sized baby dolls, toddler dolls, dolls younger than themselves to play with, care for, enact motherhood on. With Barbara, instead of the girl being a character in the game, the dolls played with each other—the child as author. Barbie isn’t your friend, Barbie is a vessel to narrate your desires through.

Cécile Rey

i have her too!! i actually have whole room of her, shelves and shelves of seemingly identical plastic women, subtle flaws evidence of the humans who made them, who owned them—faces printed at slightly odd angles, hair bent to the shape of its previous styles.

Reply from: Josefina Montoya

Wah so sad wish i still had mine :( swapped my DOLLS out for the DOLLY sealed section and now i miss them. Would buy but now i’ve swapped DOLLY for being on THE DOLE lol and i can’t afford her (or my power bill!)

Lagoona Blue

OMG this totally just sparked a memory of when I was a kid and I thought my cabbage patch doll was hungry so I fed her cheese. I got in soooo much trouble but I loved her even with the cheese going off in her mouth. she was always there for me when others weren’t… maybe some of you can relate </3

Ken Carson

this Jade model is all wrong, legs look too short and jawline needs filing down. definitely a fake. 

Reply from: Caroline Abbott

no she’s PERFECT!! I wish I looked like that wahh

Clawdia Wolf

@Molly interested?

Reply from: Molly McIntire

nah i only collect porcelain spirit vessels, the soft cloth on the cool clay—tender body, small hard hands. big and heavy and fragile like a baby, like my baby.

Sonali Matthews

OMG LOVE HER!!! SOLD!!

Reply from: Bebi Chhichi

Dm’d you


~Thanks to EdCommers for the blurb~

Remember, you don't have to stick to the theme. Most of all, we want good writing!

Rates of Pay
$100 per published piece.

Terms of Publication
Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media and Voiceworks websites, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.

Subscribe

 To get a better idea of what kind of work we publish in the magazine, and to help us continue to support young writers, you can subscribe* to Voiceworks here.

   *Choosing not to subscribe will not impact your submission.

Submission Guidelines

 Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, please contact Voiceworks editor Selina Moir-Wilson at editor@expressmedia.org.au.

 We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under twenty-five at the time of submission. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish writers living in Australia or Australian writers living overseas.

Voiceworks only considers previously unpublished work (which includes personal websites and blogs). We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.

 If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us three months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

Visual Art and Comics Guidelines
Visual art submissions include comics, illustrations, drawings, graphics, etc. We recommend that you pitch your comics before sending them to us. For advice on how to construct your pitch, check out our handy guide here.
We print in duotone (two colours) and our page dimensions are 170 x 245 mm. Please supply your images in greyscale, at actual size and 300dpi. Please name your files—strings of numbers and letters are easily confused with other submissions.

Deadline: Sunday 14 May, 11:59 AEST


Theme: Doll

Post by: Bebi Chhichi

HAUNTED MGA ENTERTAINMENT BRATZ JADE FORMAL FUNK (2003) — NEGATIVE SPIRIT VESSEL DOLL  — EXERCISE CAUTION

⭐️ Jade’s previous owner was a nonsmoker/no pets who reported oppressive heat and dryness of mouth when sleeping in the same room as this dark energy entity.

⭐️ Spirit vessel comes with funky formal wear, after party outfit, 2 pairs of shoes, “hot threads” fashion mannequin, exclusive memory book and Bratz pics, collectable prom corsage, beauty wrap and gloves, 2 Bratzpack handbags, tons of stylin’ accessories

⭐️ small marks from general play, (should lift with benzac10% acne cream)

⭐️ If you’re a collector of negative spirit vessels or original Bratz dolls, Jade may be an intriguing addition to your collection.

$300 OBO


Comments

Stacie Roberts

sorry but i’m TEAM BARBIE!! Barbie is said to have popularised the teen/adult doll for children. Prior to her invention, little girls were typically given near life-sized baby dolls, toddler dolls, dolls younger than themselves to play with, care for, enact motherhood on. With Barbara, instead of the girl being a character in the game, the dolls played with each other—the child as author. Barbie isn’t your friend, Barbie is a vessel to narrate your desires through.

Cécile Rey

i have her too!! i actually have whole room of her, shelves and shelves of seemingly identical plastic women, subtle flaws evidence of the humans who made them, who owned them—faces printed at slightly odd angles, hair bent to the shape of its previous styles.

Reply from: Josefina Montoya

Wah so sad wish i still had mine :( swapped my DOLLS out for the DOLLY sealed section and now i miss them. Would buy but now i’ve swapped DOLLY for being on THE DOLE lol and i can’t afford her (or my power bill!)

Lagoona Blue

OMG this totally just sparked a memory of when I was a kid and I thought my cabbage patch doll was hungry so I fed her cheese. I got in soooo much trouble but I loved her even with the cheese going off in her mouth. she was always there for me when others weren’t… maybe some of you can relate </3

Ken Carson

this Jade model is all wrong, legs look too short and jawline needs filing down. definitely a fake. 

Reply from: Caroline Abbott

no she’s PERFECT!! I wish I looked like that wahh

Clawdia Wolf

@Molly interested?

Reply from: Molly McIntire

nah i only collect porcelain spirit vessels, the soft cloth on the cool clay—tender body, small hard hands. big and heavy and fragile like a baby, like my baby.

Sonali Matthews

OMG LOVE HER!!! SOLD!!

Reply from: Bebi Chhichi

Dm’d you


~Thanks to EdCommers for the blurb~

Remember, you don't have to stick to the theme. Most of all, we want good writing!

Rates of Pay
$100 for single-page art and comics

$150 for multi-page comics or suites of art

Terms of Publication
Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media and Voiceworks websites, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.

Subscribe

 To get a better idea of what kind of work we publish in the magazine, and to help us continue to support young writers, you can subscribe* to Voiceworks here.

   *Choosing not to subscribe will not impact your submission.

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What makes digital storytelling different to other forms of writing?

Express Media is proud to present the 2023 return of Toolkits: Digital Storytelling - an online course in the forms, skills, and ethics of creating stories for the web and beyond. This program will combine theoretical approaches, practical exercises and group workshopping to guide young writers to experiment and develop their work in a range of digital forms.
Toolkits is first and foremost a practical initiative, and a large focus of this course will be on creating work that’s uniquely digital and couldn’t be published on the printed page. Young writers will be encouraged to create, write, workshop and edit their work throughout the course.
If you are a young writer or artist interested in digital storytelling, we want to hear from you!

Become an Express Media Member!
Applications to Toolkits are free for Express Media members along with a number of other perks, events, and opportunities. If you’re not already a member, you can easily sign up here.
Note: Express Media is committed to access, so if you would like to sign up and are experiencing financial hardship, please contact us via info@expressmedia.org.au to be awarded one of our sponsored memberships.

Applications are now open and close 11:59pm AEST Monday 10 April 2023.

Have a question? Need help with your application? Send an email to Express Media’s Creative Producer Mia Nie at creativeproducer@expressmedia.org.au.

Toolkits: Digital Storytelling is generously supported by The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.

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Express Media is proud to present the 2023 return of Toolkits: Nonfiction - an online course in the forms, skills, and ethics of writing non-fiction. This program will combine theoretical approaches, practical exercises and group workshopping to guide young writers to experiment and develop their work in a range of digital forms.
Toolkits is first and foremost a practical initiative, and a large focus of this course will be on creating work that’s uniquely digital and couldn’t be published on the printed page. Young writers will be encouraged to create, write, workshop and edit their work throughout the course.
If you are a young writer or artist interested in digital storytelling, we want to hear from you!

Become an Express Media Member!
Applications to Toolkits are free for Express Media members along with a number of other perks, events, and opportunities. If you’re not already a member, you can easily sign up here.
Note: Express Media is committed to access, so if you would like to sign up and are experiencing financial hardship, please contact us via info@expressmedia.org.au to be awarded one of our sponsored memberships.

Applications are now open and close 11:59pm AEST Monday 10 April 2023.
Have a question? Need help with your application? Send an email to Express Media’s Creative Producer Mia Nie at creativeproducer@expressmedia.org.au.

Toolkits: Nonfiction is generously supported by The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.

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Express Media is proud to present the 2023 return of Toolkits: Fiction - an online course in the forms, skills, and ethics of writing non-fiction. This program will combine theoretical approaches, practical exercises and group workshopping to guide young writers to experiment and develop their work in a range of digital forms.
Toolkits is first and foremost a practical initiative, and a large focus of this course will be on creating work that’s uniquely digital and couldn’t be published on the printed page. Young writers will be encouraged to create, write, workshop and edit their work throughout the course.
If you are a young writer or artist interested in digital storytelling, we want to hear from you!

Become an Express Media Member!
Applications to Toolkits are free for Express Media members along with a number of other perks, events, and opportunities. If you’re not already a member, you can easily sign up here.
Note: Express Media is committed to access, so if you would like to sign up and are experiencing financial hardship, please contact us via info@expressmedia.org.au to be awarded one of our sponsored memberships.

Applications are now open and close 11:59pm AEST Monday 10 April 2023.
Have a question? Need help with your application? Send an email to Express Media’s Creative Producer Mia Nie at creativeproducer@expressmedia.org.au.

Toolkits: Fiction is generously supported by The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.

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