• Pathology column: Choose your own topic to write on!
• Anatomy & Physiology column: Choose your own topic to write on!
• Business Matters column: Choose your own topic to write on!
• Spotlight on Students & New Grads: Are you a massage therapy student or new graduate and keen to be in our column? This can be a great way of connecting with other members across the country, engage in some self-publicity and it is also a fantastic way to promote the benefits of doing formal training in massage therapy and what it can lead to. Contact the editors to request the profile template document.
• Who's Where section: Have you changed location or set up a new practice - tell us about it! Please send information about your new location and contact details with a picture of your premises.
• Reviews sections: Have you read a really good book on a massage therapy or some other relevant health-related topic, found a new information resource or tool, or been on an excellent evidence-based course which you would like to share with others by writing a review?
• Product Review section: Have you used a really great product recently and would like to tell others about it?
• Events or local group meetings: Have you got an event or a local group meeting coming up which our members might be interested in? Let the MNZ Executive Administrator know.

Article Guidelines

• Requirements: please refer to our article guidelines. NB: Except for opinion-pieces and reviews, articles must be well supported with evidence including references.
• Style: Academic style of writing where relevant (except opinion pieces and reviews) and include references in APA 6 or 7 format or Vancouver numbered format.
• Word count:
• Feature articles 1000--2000 words
• Standard articles 250-1000 words (e.g., opinion pieces)
• Style: Academic style of writing where relevant (except opinion pieces and reviews) and include references in APA format (6th or 7th edition).
• Font: Arial 12 point
• Images: if using these, they need to be high quality images, at least 1MB in size, in jpg or gif format.
• Format: Word document
• Indents: One tab to set indents and no double spacing after full stops

Submissions

Article contributions, profiles and reports must be sent via email as a Word document file Please do not send your article in the body of an email and do not use Google Docs to send to us.

Accompanying images must be attached as separate files (jpg or gif).

Please do not embed images in the article. Instead, include a place marker in the body of your document to indicate where each image should be inserted e.g. INSERT IMAGE 1 HERE

Download Full MNZ Magazine Guidelines for Article Contributors

To submit an article, contact: magazine@massagenewzealand.org.nz