People
Voiceworks Editor
Joel Keith (22) is a writer, editor and musician living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Their work has appeared in Overland, Island, The Suburban Review, Cordite and Rough Cut. She placed third in the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024. Henry James: “She’s nobody; she’s the dreariest of frumps; she’s perfectly third-rate.”
Voiceworks Designer
Alex Stevenson is a multidisciplinary designer with seven years of experience working across digital, print, content, and product. She has collaborated with cultural institutions, scientific researchers, music festivals and more, to craft rich narratives and experiences through design. In 2020, she founded Soft Stir, an independent arts publication, to platform the critical, reflective, and experimental work of diverse, emerging Australian creatives.
Editorial Committee
Viv Baker (23) is a writer and editor living and working on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Frequently spotted in the ocean/at the dyke bar/folding laundry.
Laura Charlton (24) writes, edits, and works on Wurundjeri Country. Her writing can be found online, in print, and onstage. She placed second in the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. You can find her latest work at lauracharlton.com.
Scout (22) is a poet and editor. They are currently undertaking Honours at the University of Melbourne, investigating the links between genre fantasy and postcolonialism, but their free time is spent on video games, coffee and crosswords.
Aeva Milos (23) is a writer working on unceded Wurundjeri Woi Wurring land. She is the creator and editor of Dogstar, a small indie publication press. Her writing has been featured in Going Down Swinging, Roundtable Readings, Layabout Magazine and Gems Zine. She is a Voiceworks Online editor and a 2023 Toolkits participant. She has been a part-time bookseller for the past four years.
Sharyn Sale (20) is an artist, writer, and editor living on Yugambeh country. She is a Creative Writing and Literary Studies student who enjoys vampires, comics, and long walks through the cemetery. You can find them on Instagram at @junkyard1982.
Elizabeth Bourke (24) is a young writer living on unceded Dharawal land. She was the 2025 recipient of the Steph Bowe Prize for Young Writers for her unpublished manuscript Solace. Her writing can be found in the 2023 Fremantle Press YA anthology An Unexpected Party, Island, Voiceworks and elsewhere. She was a finalist in the 2023 The Age/Sydney Morning Herald Young Essayist Prize. When she’s not writing, she enjoys snorkelling and trying to befriend octopi. You can find her on Instagram @elizabethbourkewriter.
Aries M. Gacutan (23) is a poet and digital creator working on the traditional lands of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation. They also do a bunch of other artsy things for money. They often write about space/place, migrant identity and digital ephemerality. In 2024, they were a recipient of the Emerging Poets Residency in 2024 with Red Room Poetry, and currently facilitate Toolkits: Digital Storytelling with Express Media. Read about their dastardly poetic escapades at thearieszone.neocities.org.
Madi Marston (24) is a Meanjin-based comic artist and illustrator. She likes riding her bike and playing with her tamagotchis.
Seb Petroni (23) is a fiction editor for Voiceworks magazine. Editing, reading, writing, and educating in Brisbane, Queensland.
Stella Theocharides (23) is a cartoonist and farmer. Their work has been published in Meanjin & The Suburban Review, and they were a 2024 Hot Desk Fellow. They’ve been editing poetry & comics for Voiceworks since 2021! Find them (occasionally) on Instagram, @stheocharides_.