Voiceworks (magazine)
History
Express 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{{cite web | title=A voice for erudite youth | website=The Age | date=5 December 2003 | url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-voice-for-erudite-youth-20031205-gdwvdr.html | access-date=18 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2007/1894169.htm|title=Voiceworks magazine for young writers|work=Radio National|date=11 April 2007 }} was launched as a national publication with volume 1 published in 1988. It later became available online.{{Citation | title=Voiceworks [NLA catalogue entry]| publication-date=1988 | publisher=Express Media | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/206761132 | access-date=20 December 2024|quote=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. }}{{Citation | title=Voiceworks : Express Australia newsletter [NLA catalogue entry] | publication-date=1988 | publisher=Express Australia | issn=1038-4464| quote=}}
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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Production
The 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.voiceworksmag.com.au/people/|title=People |website= Voiceworks}} This committee assists the editor in reading submissions, editing content, proofreading, running launches, and writing feedback for all contributors.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Governance and funding
The 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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
The writer John Marsden was until his death in December 2024 Express Media's patron,{{cite web | last=On | first=Thuy | title=Vale John Marsden | website=ArtsHub Australia | date=19 December 2024 | url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/vale-john-marsden-2767521/ | access-date=20 December 2024}} 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){{cite web | title=John Marsden prize renamed Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers | website=Books+Publishing | date=1 July 2020 | url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/01/152838/john-marsden-prize-renamed-hachette-australia-prize-for-young-writers/ | access-date=19 December 2024}} as well as operational funding.
People
Ryan 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.{{cite interview|first= Ryan|last= Paine | title=Q&A with Ryan Paine | website=Cordite Poetry Review | date=24 July 2007 | url=http://cordite.org.au/guncotton/ryan-paine/ | access-date=20 December 2024}}
See also
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