Express Media
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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, workshops, exhibitions and artistic projects throughout the year, to generate opportunities for young and emerging artists. The flagship project is Voiceworks
magazine.
Voiceworks
Voiceworks can refer to one of the following:* VoiceWorks - an ensemble of the Queensland Youth Choir.* Voiceworks - an Australian journal...
magazine.
Projects
Express Media is responsible for the following community development projects:- The John MarsdenJohn Marsden (writer)John Marsden is an Australian writer, teacher and school principal. Marsden has had his books translated into nine languages including Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Spanish....
Prize for Young Australian Writers. A total prize pool of $3500 is offered across four categories. Presented annually since 2005, winners are published in the December Voiceworks. - Buzzcuts, an annual arts review project, presented in conjunction with Melbourne FringeMelbourne Fringe FestivalThe Melbourne Fringe Festival is an annual independent arts festival held in Melbourne, Australia. The Festival runs for three weeks from late September to early October, usually overlapping with the beginning of the Melbourne International Arts Festival...
, 3RRR3RRR3RRR is a popular Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. It is the largest per capita subscribed radio station in the world....
, SYN Youth MediaStudent Youth NetworkSYN Media is a youth-run media organisation that provides training and broadcast opportunities for young people.Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and independent media that is made by and for Melbourne's young people...
, Beat Magazine and RMITRMIT UniversityRMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
. - Mentorships. Express Media's mentorship programme has included the Australian writers: Christos TsiolkasChristos Tsiolkas-Biography:He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Blackburn High School and the University of Melbourne where he completed an Arts Degree in 1987. www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22. He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1988....
, Linda Jaivin, Adam Ford, Anna Krien, Lally Katz and Shalini Akhil. - An Australia-wide workshop programme, covering zineZineA zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
production, media laws and numerous other areas where Express Media has determined there to be a need. - Express Media also releases occasional once-off self-published projects like Inncommunicado and Tiny Epics.