Submitting a manuscript

Random House New Zealand welcomes submissions for novels and other book projects. However, before you submit your work, we would appreciate you reading the following guidelines to ensure your submission is suitable in both format and content. If it doesn’t meet these guidelines, you may like to try another publisher. All submissions are assessed by a professional reader and all are considered seriously and thoroughly. This process normally takes 2-4 months.

When submitting a manuscript for consideration you should provide a letter of introduction, a brief synopsis of your work and your manuscript. A proposal alone is not suitable; we would like to see at least a sample of your writing and preferably the whole manuscript. Manuscripts need to be sent as printed documents, preferably double-spaced for ease of reading. Please do not send your manuscript in digital form as we will only consider printed manuscripts. If the book is to be illustrated, please include some samples (not originals).

It may be helpful for you to know that we do not accept unsolicited poetry, short stories, adventure, fantasy or science fiction novels, plays, screen plays or war diaries. Try checking in bookstores for books that are similar and send submissions to those publishers. (Do be aware that New Zealand publishing is different from overseas publishing. Publishers here are generally only interested in books with New Zealand content or by a New Zealand author.)

Please send your submissions to:
Attn: Editorial Assistant
Random House NZ
Private Bag 102 950
North Shore Mail Centre
North Shore
Auckland 0745

Please include your email address in your covering letter. Also include a stamped, self addressed envelope so we can easily return your manuscript if we decide not to publish it. Manuscripts without self-addressed stamped envelopes will not be returned.

Thank you for your interest in Random House New Zealand and good luck with your writing.