Tuesday, April 01, 2014

The New Zealand Association of Manuscript Assessors

The New Zealand Association of Manuscript Assessors (NZAMA) is a group of professional New Zealand-based 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. The purpose of NZAMA is to give writers confidence in the professional capabilities of its members and thereby help writers avoid exploitation by unscrupulous operators in the field of mentoring, publishing advice and manuscript assessment.

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.

January 2014

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  (Foundation Member)
2/144 Mairangi Rd Wilton Wellington. Phone: 04-472-6824
Fiction, work for children and young adults, non-fiction, mentoring.

Christine Dale (dahlDESIGN) Unit 5, 29 Arthur Street, Ellerslie.
Phone: 09-525-0957 Email: cdale@dahldesign.co.nz
Fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults.

Barbara Else (TFS) (Foundation Member)
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.

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

Michelle Elvy Town Basin Marina, 37 Quayside, Whangarei 0110
Novels & short stories, non-fiction & academic essays, creative non-fiction & travel writing, mentoring.

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

Graeme Lay (Write Right) (Foundation Member)
50 Lake Road Narrow Neck North Shore 0624. Email: graemelay@xtra.co.nz www.writeright.co.nz  Fiction, young adult fiction, non-fiction esp. travel.

Rae McGregor (Fresh Words Daily)
Apartment 1105 85 Beach Road CBD Auckland 1010
Phone: 09-579-0125. Email: mcgregors@xtra.co.nz Fiction, non-fiction.

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

Janice Marriott 16 Esplanade Road, Mt Eden Auckland 1024
Life writing, novels (adult, YA and children's) and especially picture book scripts.

Barbara Murison (Barbara Murison Assessment Services) (Foundation Member)
PO Box 113 Waikanae Kapiti Coast  5250 Phone: 04 293 1247
Email: barbaram@clear.net.nz Children’s books, young adult & picture books.

Dan Myers Word.Link, Ltd. Phone: +1 (440) 420-9085
Email: WordlinkNZ@gmail.com : www.wordlink.ws . Fiction, non-fiction.

Emma Neale  Email: ejneale@ihug.co.nz  
Fiction incl. young adult, poetry. Limited availability.

Tina Shaw Email: shaw.tina@gmail.com www.writeright.co.nz  www.tinashaw.co.nz Contemporary fiction, non-fiction, YA and children’s fiction.

Stephen Stratford (Write Right) (Foundation Member)
16 Cooper Crescent, Cambridge 3434. Phone 07-827-4466
Email: stephen.stratford@xtra.co.nz  www.writeright.co.nz  Fiction and non-fiction, both adult and teenage.

Geoff Walker  PO Box 47-366 Ponsonby Auckland 1144
Phone 09-378-8875 General adult fiction and non-fiction.


Foundation Members include Jane Parkin and Anna Rogers 



Barbara Else, coordinator

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