Availability for NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) programmes 2026

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Your availability for NZSA programmes (NZSA Adult Mentor, NZSA Youth Mentor, NZSA CompleteMS, and NZSA StartWrite) in 2026
Any updates to the information we display about you in these assessor and mentor lists

This is the mentor / assessor information we have listed under:

(The listings displayed are for 2025 – if you were unavailable this year there will be no listing showing for you.)

Please note: New NZSA assessors for the CompleteMS and StartWrite programme need to be approved by the NZSA Board. If you are not a current NZSA Assessor, but would like to be, please read through the requirements and fill out this form.

Mentor and Assessor Register 2026

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Mentor and Assessor Information for NZSA Programmes

We are updating our information in preparation for next year's programmes and would like to check your availability for our upcoming year of programmes for writers.

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Which 2026 NZSA Mentor programmes are you available to mentor for?

NZSA Mentor Programme - up to 25hrs mentoring over the year

NZSA Youth Mentor Programme - - 9 hrs mentoring over the year

Which 2026 NZSA Assessment programmes are you available to undertake assessments for?

CompleteMS - full manuscript Assessor

StartWrite - short writing sample assessor

I am not available.

For any NZSA Mentor / Assessor Programmes in 2026. Contact me next year to check my availability for 2027

I no longer want to be listed for NZSA programmes. Please remove my name from the register.

Let us know if you have a change of circumstance or wish to be taken off the register going forward.

Your information for the register

My mentor / assessor information

I need to update some or all of my information

I am a new mentor and/or assessor

My information is unchanged. Please use same info from previous year.

Which genre / writing forms do you mentor / assess in?

Your city/town of residence

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Website

Please include link to your website (if you have one) to help applicants learn more about you and your work.

A new paragraph about you for the Assessors and Mentors Register (if needed).

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