Artist

Jes Layton

Jes Layton is a writer, content creator, freelancer and artist, who has appeared in a number of writers festivals including National Young Writers’ Festival, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival and Emerging Writers’ Festival among others. Jes is also the current Digital Manager for National Young Writers Festival, and Admin and Communications Coordinator for Express Media. Some of his work can be found with SBS Voices, Archer, Junkee, Voiceworks, Kill Your Darlings, as well as in Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short stories (Nero Books, 2019) and Growing Up in Country Australia, (Black Inc, 2022).