The New Zealand Association of Manuscript Assessors (NZAMA)

This is a group of professional editors and writers who offer authors objective advice and guidance on how to bring their work closer to publishable standard. We have all worked in manuscript assessing, editing, and/or the teaching of writing. NZAMA has a code of professional practice and strict entry criteria.

Writers need to contact members individually for fees and other details, such as how to present manuscripts (e.g. do not email manuscripts as attachments unless the assessor has agreed). Please make enquiries by email or write with a stamped self-addressed envelope.

December 2008

Fleur Beale 22/36 Dee St, Island Bay, Wellington 6023. Phone: 04-977-8737. Email: fleurbeale@clear.net.nz Fiction for children and young adults (not poetry). Also offers one-on-one workshops at her home.

Norman Bilbrough 2/44 Mairangi Rd Wilton Wellington. Phone: 04 4726824
Email: norman.b@paradise.net.nz
Fiction, work for children and young adults, non-fiction

Barbara Else (TFS) PO Box 46-031 Park Avenue Lower Hutt 5044.
Phone: 04-565-4429. Email: barbara@elseware.co.nz www.elseware.co.nz
Fiction, work for children and young adults, non-fiction

Chris Else (TFS) PO Box 46-031 Park Avenue Lower Hutt 5044.
Phone: 04-565-4429. Email: chris@elseware.co.nz www.elseware.co.nz
Fiction, non-fiction

Calum Gilmour (Polygraphia Ltd) P O Box 167 Westpark Village West Harbour Auckland 0661.
Phone: 64-9-416-1437. Email: cgilmour@polygraphianz.com www.polygrahianz.com
Non-fiction, academic work, fiction

Graeme Lay (Write Right) 50 Lake Road Devonport North Shore 0632. Email:graemelay@xtra.co.nz www.writerightnz.com
Fiction, young adult fiction, non-fiction esp. travel

Jill Marshall (Write Good Stuff) PO Box 46-116 Herne Bay Auckland. Phone: 09-378-0083. email: jillmmarshall@ihug.co.nz www.writegoodstuff.co.nz
General fiction, work for children

Lesley Marshall (Editline) 20 Beverley Cres RD 9 Whangarei.
Ph: 09-434-6814 Email: editline@xtra.co.nz
Fiction incl. romance, non-fiction incl. theses, family history

Janice Marriott Email janice.m@paradise.net.nz www.janicemarriott.com
Life writing , children's novels, short stories and picture book scripts

Barbara Murison (Barbara Murison Assessment Services) PO Box 22-180 Khandallah Wellington 6441. Phone & fax 04-479-5538. Email: barbaram@clear.net.nz
Children’s books, young adult, & picture books

Dan Myers (Wordlink, Ltd) PO Box 15-024, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 USAPhone 001 (805) 781-0877 / 234-1993 Email: wordlinkusa@gmail.com www.Myersfiction.com Fiction , non-fiction.

Emma Neale Email: ejneale@ihug.co.nz
Fiction incl. young adult, poetry. Not currently available

Jane Parkin 48 Nevay Road Seatoun Wellington 6022. Ph & fax: 04-388-4535
Email: janep@paradise.net.nz
Fiction (no work for children or young adults). Not currently available

Anna Rogers c/- Arts Centre of Christchurch, PO Box 845, Christchurch 8140.
Ph: 03-379-6558.
Email: a.rogers@paradise.net.nz Fiction, non-fiction (no work for children or young adults). Not currently available

Tina Shaw 40 Chalmers Street Avondale Auckland. Email: tinashaw@clear.net.nz www.writerightnz.com
Contemporary fiction, non-fiction, children’s.

Stephen Stratford (Write Right) 3 Saffron Street, Cambridge 3434. Ph 07 838-2662
Email: stephen.stratford@xtra.co.nz www.writerightnz.com
Fiction and non-fiction, both adult and teenage

Loren Teague (Pen and Ink Services) PO Box 1200, Nelson. Ph & fax: 03-547-5369 Email: Loren.Teague@gmail.com www.lorenteague.co.nz
Genre fiction (romance, historical, thriller, crime, fantasy), young adult, e-publishing

Website: www.elseware.co.nz/NZAMA