The 17th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA
-Zimbabwe-) will be held on the date, February 17, 2018, and nominees will be
released during the first week of February. 'NAMA' will merit in its usual 8
categories which are, Music, Literary, Dance, Visual, Film and Television,
Theatre, Media and Spoken Word. The 17th editions' number of entries increased
from the preceding with almost double figures, 1334 from 775, and that’s
according to the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe which is part of the judging
panel.
NAMA has been the biggest merit event so far in Zimbabwe
since independence in Zimbabwe and many published Zimbabwean authors have
benefited from the platform.
Last year the outstanding first creative published works
were,
Tears and Scars: Penjeni Madzikangava,
Behind the Wall Everywhere: Farai Mungoshi,
and Misodzi Yerombe: Kelvin Mangwende.
In the Special Mention category was,
Vicious Circle: by Stephen Mutsago.
The Outstanding Children's Book category included;
My Son: Albert Nyathi & Ignatius Mabasa,
A Magical Adventure in Chewore: Chellie Conlon,and The
Unwelcome Visit: by Farai Nyandoro.
The Outstanding Fiction category included,
Judas Files: by Robert Mukondiwa,
The Latter Rain: by Phillip k Chidavaenzi,
and Whose Land is it Anyway: by Benjamin S. Sibanda.
To find out more about the award read here, to submit to 2018-2019
NAMA please use these submission (gmail) forms, or non gmail users
submit here (note
supporting material, if any, still has to submitted in person). ‘Physical’
submissions to NAMA can be made to any National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Murehwa
Culture Centre, registered arts associations and organisations in Zimbabwe, and
to stay updated on the 2017/18 nominees or to find out the winning entries
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