Express Media

We accept submissions to all areas of the magazine at all times. Please make sure you read the following guidelines closely. If you’re unsure about any of the guidelines, send your question to editor@expressmedia.org.au.

We are only able to publish work by writers and artists who are under 25 at the time of submission. We only consider previously unpublished work. Please also keep in mind that because of our funding arrangements, we are only able to publish one international contributor per issue.

When submitting, please include in the body of the email your:

• Name
• Age
• email address
• Phone Number
• Address
• Bio of 25 words or less

Please also include how you found out about the magazine.

Please send all writing as an attached .doc or .docx, and do not include your name in the document. Please do not send PDFs or obscure formats, or paste your submission into the body of your email.

Send all submissions to editor@expressmedia.org.au.

Fiction

Send no more than two pieces, each no more than 3000 words.

Poetry

Send no more than three pieces, and no more than 100 lines in total.

Nonfiction

We recommend that you pitch your nonfiction work before sending it to us - email us for more information on how. Otherwise, send no more than two pieces, each no more than 3000 words.

Some advice on how to write good nonfiction for us is here.

Visual Art

Includes comics, illustrations, photos, etc. We print in black and white (greyscale) and our pages are not quite A4: 210mm x 270mm. Please supply your images at actual size and 300dpi.

We pay $100 for every piece we use.

If your submission is unsuccessful, we will notify you as soon as we can and then provide you with detailed feedback a little later. Feedback is written by a small group of volunteers and we receive a lot of submissions, so we appreciate your patience. If you think something’s gone wrong, or you haven’t heard from us 3 months after the submission deadline, please get in touch.

UPCOMING THEMES AND DEADLINES

#89: Space (Winter 2012)

Pitch Deadline: March 18
Submission Deadline: March 25

But remember, theme isn’t everything. Most of all we want good writing.

TERMS OF PUBLICATION

Express Media publishes work in Voiceworks on a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free basis. We require writers who will be published in Voiceworks to sign a licence deed granting us permission to publish work in the printed Voiceworks magazine, on the Express Media website, and for use in promoting our magazine. Writers retain copyright of their work and are free to use in whatever way they’d like in the future. Please only submit your work if you are satisfied with these terms. For more information about this, please contact us.