What is digital storytelling? What kind of meaningful experiences can you create online? What makes digital storytelling different to other forms of writing?
Express Media is pleased to present the 2026 return of Toolkits: Digital Storytelling – an online course in the forms, skills, and ethics of creating stories for the web and beyond. This program will combine theoretical approaches, practical exercises, and group workshopping to guide young writers through the development of their work.
During this 10-week program, you’ll get to explore the many and varied forms of digital writing. Participants will develop their skills, workshop their writing and connect with other writers as they analyse and produce work that buzzes, wobbles, and whirrs – writing that is interactive, generative, multimedia and massively online.
Participants also have the chance to learn from some of Australia’s best writers, with guest artists (to be announced) presenting live and online in sessions for young writers across the country.
Toolkits: Digital Storytelling will run on Wednesdays at 6—8pm AET from 14 Oct to 16 Dec. If you are a writer or artist aged 30 and under interested in digital literature, we want to hear from you!
Applications close on 11:59pm AEDT Sunday 27 September 2026.
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Aries Gacutan | Toolkits: Digital Storytelling Facilitator
Aries M. Gacutan is a Filipino poet, editor, and digital writer living and working on stolen Wurundjeri Woiwurrung land. They have a passing interest in the end of the world. They were a recipient of Red Room Poetry's Emerging Poets Residency in 2024, and currently facilitate Toolkits: Digital Storytelling with Express Media. They have written for Meanjin, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, Liminal Mag, Crawlspace, Archer, and more. Find out more about their staggering feats of bravery at <thearieszone.neocities.com>.
Toolkits: Digital Storytelling is generously supported by The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Explore work from past Toolkits: Digital Storytelling cohorts, published as part of program outcomes.
Become an Express Media Member!
Toolkits is free for Express Media members along with a number of other perks, events, and opportunities. You must be a member to participate in Toolkits. If you’re not already a member, you can easilysign up here.
Note: Express Media is committed to access, so if you would like to sign up and are experiencing financial hardship, please submit your application and contact us via info@expressmedia.org.au to be awarded one of our sponsored memberships if your Toolkits application is successful.
Have a question? Need help with your application? Send an email to Express Media’s Creative Producer Mia Nie at creativeproducer@expressmedia.org.au.