Driftwood Manuscripts is designed to make the expertise of dedicated academics, writers and editors available to emerging writers of fiction, poetry and academic prose. Its founding principle is a commitment to the development of Australian writing. Driftwood Manuscripts deals with all kinds of literature. The organisation offers a new kind of manuscript assessment service. Strict guidelines, careful selection of assessors and a standardised format ensure quality and critical detachment of assessments.
Assessors are independent, anonymous, appropriately qualified and nominated on a case by case basis.
Driftwood Manuscripts has a special commitment to as yet unpublished writers. The presence of such a review indicates to prospective publishers that the accompanying manuscript will have something significant to offer the readership and the publisher or agent. Driftwood Assessments will save publishers time and money and provide a cheap and useful marketing tool for authors. They all share a commitment to assisting emerging Australian writers, creative or academic, to fulfill their potential. Driftwood Manuscripts will select an assessor or assessors on an individual basis with a view to providing a rigorous and helpful critical reading of the work.