Voiceworks is a national quarterly print magazine based in Melbourne, Victoria, featuring work by Australian writers and artists under the age of 25.
History
editExpress Media, a non-profit media organisation for young writers, was established in the early 1980s. Its newsletter Voiceworks was launched by the then prime minister, Bob Hawke and music journalist Molly Meldrum in 1985 for International Youth Year, to promote the organisation's program of workshops. As Express Australia reduced its other commitments, the newsletter grew. A quarterly, 80-page magazine centred on creative writing, arts, and illustrations[1][2] was launched as a national publication with volume 1 published in 1988. It later became available online.[3][4]
From around issue 12 onwards (there is no complete archive), Voiceworks began to be published as a quarterly, 80-page magazine. Then, from issue 98 onwards the format changed to its current 128-page format.[citation needed]
Production
editThe magazine, published by Express Media, is produced by the editor together with a designer, an intern and a volunteer editorial committee (EdComm), all of whom are also under the age of 25.[5] This committee assists the editor in reading submissions, editing content, proofreading, running launches, and writing feedback for all contributors.[citation needed]
Each issue is subtitled according to a theme determined by the editorial committee a number of issues advance. A theme blurb is written by the EdComm and distributed with calls for submissions, with potential contributors encouraged to contribute themed work.[citation needed]
Governance and funding
editThe magazine is based in Melbourne with the Wheeler Centre, an initiative of the Government of Victoria as part of Melbourne's designation by UNESCO as a City of Literature in 2008.[citation needed]
Express Media's operations and projects are financed by grants from the Federal and state government arts funding bodies Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Victoria and from the private philanthropic fund Copyright Agency Ltd.[citation needed]
The writer John Marsden was until his death in December 2024 Express Media's patron,[6] and in the past provided the prize money for the John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers (renamed Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers in 2020)[7] as well as operational funding.
People
editRyan Paine become editor-in-chief of Voiceworks in early 2006, moving from Adelaide to Melbourne to take up the position. He had had his first story published in the magazine aged 20.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A voice for erudite youth". The Age. 5 December 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Voiceworks magazine for young writers". Radio National. 11 April 2007.
- ^ Voiceworks [NLA catalogue entry], Express Media, 1988, retrieved 20 December 2024,
Voiceworks is a national quarterly magazine that features exciting new writing and art by young Australians. It is a unique opportunity for people under twenty-five to publish their poetry, short stories, articles, comics, illustrations, drawings and photos.
- ^ Voiceworks : Express Australia newsletter [NLA catalogue entry], Express Australia, 1988, ISSN 1038-4464
- ^ "People". Voiceworks.
- ^ On, Thuy (19 December 2024). "Vale John Marsden". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "John Marsden prize renamed Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers". Books+Publishing. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Paine, Ryan (24 July 2007). "Q&A with Ryan Paine". Cordite Poetry Review (Interview). Retrieved 20 December 2024.