2026 Voiceworks Subscriberthon
Photo by Claire Summerville, taken at the launch of Voiceworks #136 ‘Quits’
The 2026 Voiceworks subscriberthon is here!!!
For decades, Voiceworks has been a space for people under 25 to develop their creative and editorial skills.
Every issue features exciting new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art and comics by young people from across the continent, showcasing the creative minds of the youth of the day. Voiceworks is dedicated to publishing and paying young people, as well as providing a thoughtful, collaborative editorial process for contributors and individualised feedback for every submission. We are proud to say that Voiceworks is the first paid print publication for many artists and writers.
Across two weeks between May 11 and May 25, subscribe, gift a subscription, become a member or donate to Voiceworks and you’ll enter a draw with plenty of wonderful prizes to win. And, for those in Narrm/Melbourne, find us during the Melbourne Art Book Fair—we’ll be tabling at the stallholder fair on May 15-17 and reading as part of Soft Listening on Thursday May 14.
Whether you’re a teen poet, an aspiring author, a librarian or just a lover of good literature, now is the time to subscribe :-)
Check out the many ways to subscribe to Voiceworks:
Express Media membership, which includes a digital subscription
Combined with another fantastic publication:
All subscriptions put you in the running to win an epic bookish (or adjacent) prize! Read on for details...
Prizes!
Subscriptions to: Australian Poetry, Australian Book Review, Overland, Westerly, Griffith Review
Memberships to: The Wheeler Centre, Queensland Writers’ Centre, Writers SA, Kill Your Darlings, Asian Cinema Collective
Publications by: Australian Poetry, Cordite Poetry, Rabbit, un Projects, Archer Magazine, Debris, Loom
Vouchers for: Amplify Bookstore, Brunswick Bound, The New International Bookshop, Fiori Florist
Smiski blind boxes + risograph art prints
All prizes will be drawn individually, with publications and art prints grouped into bundles. State-specific prizes will be drawn based on shipping address.
Of course, the real prize is the youth literary magazines we read along the way :)
Full prize details (alphabetised)
$50 voucher for Amplify Bookstore
Amplify is an indie bookstore specialising in books by BIPOC authors. This voucher is valid online and in-store.
Archer Magazine past issues pack
Archer Magazine is a multi-award-winning print and digital publication about sexuality and gender based in Naarm, in so-called Australia.
2x membership to Asian Cinema Collective membership (VIC)
The Asian Cinema Collective (ACC) builds community and showcases Asian cinema for filmgoers in Melbourne. Open to all, the ACC is a place for both the diaspora and fans of films made in Asia, or films featuring predominantly Asian experiences and stories.
2x Australian Book Review six-month digital subscription
Australian Book Review presents high-quality journalism and new writing for the widest possible audience. It provides a needed forum for new Australian writers and reviewers, and it is committed to raising the standard of arts criticism in Australia.
Australian Poetry print subscription & Australian Poetry book pack: Best of Australian Poems 2025, Best of Australian Poems 2024
Australia Poetry exists as a national poetry body to interconnect and support a flourishing community of Australian poets, to enhance and promote their poetry, here and internationally, and to reach and engage directly with readers, lovers and potential admirers of Australian poetry, and promoters of it.
$50 voucher for Brunswick Bound
Brunswick Bound is an independent bookstore stocking an eclectic range of books, vinyl, stationery, jewellery and gifts.
Cordite poetry book pack
Cordite publishes the quarterly Cordite Poetry Review – an Australian and international journal of poetry, criticism and research – and a series of print books.
Debris past issues pack: Issue 04 ‘Illuminated Manuscript’, Issue 05 ‘Prismatic Joy’, Issue 06 ‘No!’
Debris Magazine is a bi-annual literary publication based between France and Australia, showcasing essays, poetry, interviews, photography, and artwork from Australian writers and artists. Each issue is curated by guest editors to highlight diverse and experimental voices.
$75 voucher for Fiori Florist (TAS)
Fiori Florist specialises in flower delivery across the greater Hobart area, ensuring fresh, beautiful blooms arrive at your doorstep or to your loved ones promptly.
Griffith Review print subscription
Griffith Review is a quarterly literary journal. Every edition explores a different theme, bringing together long-form critical and analytical non-fiction and creative writing from the finest emerging and established writers from Australia and overseas.
One year membership to Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlingsis a vibrant and eclectic online magazine of commentary, essays, interviews, fiction and reviews. KYD also curates an online writing school and a series of prizes and awards, as well as offering mentorships and other high-quality editorial services to writers at all stages of their careers.
Loom Literary Journal issue one, ‘Quaver’
Loom is a new, national interdisciplinary literary journal. Loom will work in conversation with non-textual artistic mediums—both thematically, via longform visual art, music, film, game and theatre criticism; and formally, via the publication of experimental interdisciplinary literary work.
Voucher for the New International Bookshop (VIC)
The New International Bookshop is Naarm/Melbourne's longest running leftwing bookshop, selling radical literature both new and secondhand.
Overland print subscription
Overland – Australia’s oldest radical literary magazine – showcases brilliant and progressive fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. The magazine has published some of Australia’s most iconic writers, and continues to give space to underrepresented voices and brand-new literary talent every single day.
One year membership to Queensland Writers Centre (QLD)
Queensland Writers Centre is a community that champions writers across Queensland. QWC helps writers at all stages of their writing journey develop skills to improve their craft, engage their readers and build a sustainable career.
Rabbit Poetry book pack
A pioneer in the field, Rabbitintends to celebrate the potential for poetry to explore and interrogate the boundaries of nonfiction writing.
Risograph art print pack
Choose up to five risograph prints from our store, designed from art published in Voiceworks. Printed in risograph locally in Narrm and includes brand-new designs for 2026!
3x Smiski blind boxes
Smiski are curious little creatures that love hiding in corners. (Donated privately; alas, Voiceworks has not yet partnered with Smiski)
Past issues from un Projects
un Projects publishes writing that emerges from art making, providing an independent platform for critical discussions about local artistic practice.
Print subscription to Westerly
Since 1956, Westerly has been publishing lively fiction and poetry as well as intelligent articles. It publishes creative writing and scholarship from throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region.
2x membership to The Wheeler Centre (VIC)
The Wheeler Centre exists to support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, performances and discussions, it deepens public engagement with the most pressing topics of the day.
2x membership to Writers SA (SA)
Writers SA celebrates, supports and champions South Australian writers and writing.