POETRY Winner Fig Russon Jorgenson – Hachette Australia Prize for Young...
Fig Russon Jorgenson’s poem, girlfish, has been awarded The 2023 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers in the category of Poetry. Fig was presented with the award online at the National Young...
View ArticleMeet the Toolkits: Graphic Narratives 2023 participants
The Express Media team is so excited to announce the ten young writers who will be taking part in this season of Toolkits: Graphic Narratives! Facilitated by author and cartoonist Bailey Sharp, this...
View ArticleMeet the Toolkits: Audio Storytelling 2023 participants
The Express Media team is so excited to announce the nine young creatives who will be taking part in the debut season of Toolkits: Audio Storytelling! Facilitated by broadcaster, writer, and educator...
View ArticleExciting changes for Voiceworks
For more than 35 years, Voiceworks has stood as Australia’s leading youth literary magazine, offering a pathway for young creatives into the national arts and publishing landscape. Our vision is to...
View ArticleApplications for The Kat Muscat Fellowship 2024 are now open!
Express Media and the Muscat family are excited to announce the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship, offering support and development for a young writer or editor. Kat Muscat was a brilliant young mind of...
View ArticleLaunching Subscribathon & Voiceworks Merch!
Hello friends of Express Media! Boy do we have some massive announcements this week – not only are we running an EPIC subscriberthon between 27th Nov – 4th Dec, we have also launched pre-orders for...
View ArticleToolkits is back for 2024!
It’s that time of year again… and Toolkits is back with a re-vamped season of Fiction & Non-Fiction online courses! Applications are now open for both streams, which will run from April-July with...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship Shortlist
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Fellowship Committee are thrilled to announce the shortlist for this year’s Kat Muscat Fellowship, which offers support and development to a young Australian writer...
View ArticleThe Sudden Writing Prize 2023 Winner – Maz Howard
In 2023, Express Media worked with AAWP in judging the Sudden Writing Prize. Below is the winning piece, ‘this is the earth’s Alarm system going off’ by Maz Howard. You can read the judges’ report and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellow!
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Fellowship Committee are thrilled to announce Xiaole Zhan as the recipient of the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which offers support and development to a young Australian...
View ArticleMeet the Toolkits: Fiction 2024 participants
The Express Media team is so excited to announce the ten young writers who will be taking part in this season of Toolkits: Fiction! Facilitated by Anna Kate Blair, this online course explores forms,...
View ArticleMeet the Toolkits: Non-Fiction 2024 participants
The Express Media team is so excited to announce the ten young writers who will be taking part in this season of Toolkits: Non-Fiction! Facilitated by Hasib Hourani, this online course explores forms,...
View ArticleThe 2024 Membership Drive is here!
We are excited to announce the 2024 Express Media Membership Drive – an awesome opportunity for writers under 30 to connect with their broader creative community, with the chance to win some epic...
View ArticleMeet the Parliament Express 2024 participants
Launched in 2022, Parliament Express provides young writers with the opportunity to gain practical skills, receive professional mentoring and have an article published on the Parliament website. You...
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