''Voiceworks'' is a national quarterly print magazine based in

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, Victoria, featuring work by

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n writers and artists under the age of 25.

Production

The magazine is produced by the editor together with a designer, an intern and a volunteer editorial committee (EdComm), all of whom are also under twenty-five. This committee assists the editor in reading submissions, editing content,

proofreading Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to find and correct reproduction errors of text or art. Proofreading is the final step in the editorial cycle before publication. Professional Traditional ...

, running launches, and writing feedback for all contributors. 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 smaller, 128-page format. It has now published more than 100 issues. The magazine is based in Melbourne with the Wheeler Centre, an initiative of the

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as part of Melbourne’s designation by

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as a City of Literature in 2008. 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.

Publisher

Its publisher,

Express Media Express Media is an Australian literary youth arts organisation, founded in 1983. Originally called Express Australia, the organisation is currently listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations. It presents an annual program of special events, ...

, a non-profit media organisation for young artists, was established in 1983 as Express Media Power Workshops. Its newsletter ''Voiceworks'' was launched by the then prime minister,

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...

and music journalist

Molly Meldrum Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur. He was the talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer, and music news presenter on the former popular mus ...

in 1985 for International Youth Year, to promote the organisation's program of workshops. Since then, Express Media's operations and projects have been financed by grants from the

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and state government arts funding bodies

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and Arts Victoria, from the writer John Marsden and from the private philanthropic fund

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. Marsden is Express Media's patron, and a contributor of operational funding as well as prize money for the John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers.

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