• Membership Benefits
• How to Join
• Membership Costs
  

By joining RWNZ, you will receive many wonderful benefits:

• Heart to Heart
  Our monthly publication offers member articles as well as contributing articles from other professional writers, Market News, Contest and Conference information.
  
  
• The Clendon Award
  This annual contest for a full length romance manuscript is fast gaining a reputation as one of the genre's "must enter" contests. Final judging is by Senior Editorial staff from romance's top publishers.
  
  
• Other Writing Contests
  RWNZ runs three contests throughout the year:
  the Chapter Short Story, the Great Beginnings (for category manuscripts) and the Strictly Single (for single title and young adult manuscripts).
  
  
• Liaisons
  RWNZ's annual short story anthology, which publishes the top ten entries from the Chapter Short Story Contest, and which includes interviews with leading romance writers.
  
  
• Annual Conference
  This is the highlight of the year for most members. RWNZ conferences always attract terrific speakers and workshop leaders from the writing world, including top romance authors, editors and industry professionals.
  
  
• Critique Register
  A self selection register where you can find the perfect critique partner.
  
  
• Lending Library
  A resource library of tapes and books to assist in the craft of writing.
  
  
• On-Line Discussion List
  The NZRomance email list is a support and discussion forum for members. It's a great way to network, keep on top of the latest industry news, ask questions and compare notes with other writers. The list offers a regular and digest version.
  
  
• Regional Meetings
  Regular meetings are held by member groups in several regions of NZ, the largest of which is run by the Auckland Chapter on the first Saturday of each month in Three Kings. All local members and visiting members are welcome to attend the meetings.
  
  Although the format of the meetings varies between regions, they commonly include a writing-related workshop and/or a critiquing exercise, the sharing of industry news, networking and food!
  
  

To join the RWNZ, download and print a membership application form (190kb PDF).

To renew your membership of the RWNZ, download and print a membership renewal form (198kb PDF).

Please Note: To open our membership form you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer (it's a free to download). If you need to install Acrobat Reader, please click here.

Alternatively, email the membership secretary Kris  Pearson at: rwnz.membership@gmail.com to have a membership form posted to you.

Post your membership form, along with your payment, to:

Membership Secretary
Romance Writers of NZ
58 Ottawa Road
Ngaio
Wellington 6035
New Zealand

Address for all other business:

Romance Writers of New Zeand Inc.
PO Box 10264
Dominion Road
Auckland

New Zealand residents - please pay by cheque, Visa, Mastercard, Paypal or Internet banking.

Overseas residents - please pay by Visa, Mastercard or Paypal.

If you have any joining queries, please email our Membership Secretary at rwnz.membership@gmail.com

For general enquiries, email: info@romancewriters.co.nz

Annual membership fees:

New member joining fee:

Liaison short story magazine, one issue per year (optional):

Each issue contains the top ten entries in the annual short story competition.

RWNZ is a non-profit organisation, and all membership fees are used to provide the membership services listed above.

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A remit to accept proposed amendments to RWNZ’s rules will be voted on at the AGM on Saturday August 21. We would appreciate your feedback on these amendments ahead of the AGM, so any further tweaking can be done before the meeting. Please email your comments to rwnzrulechanges@gmail.com