Annual arts awards
The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of annual awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture.[1]
The categories have differed over the years. In 2020, they were:
- Outstanding Newcomer
- Outstanding Female Musician
- Outstanding Male Musician
- Outstanding Song
- Outstanding Album
- Outstanding Music Video
- Outstanding Fiction Book
- Outstanding Children's Book
- Outstanding First Creative Published Book
- Outstanding Female Dance
- Outstanding Male Dancer
- Outstanding Actress
- Outstanding Screen Production (Television Series)
- Outstanding Screen Production – Short Film
- Outstanding Mix Media Work
- Outstanding 2 Dimensional Work
- Outstanding 3 Dimensional Work
- Outstanding Exhibition
- Outstanding Journalist (Print)
- Outstanding Journalist (TV)
- Outstanding Journalist Radio
- Outstanding Online Media
- Outstanding Comedian
- Outstanding Poet
- Outstanding Actor (Film and TV)
- Outstanding Actress (Film and TV)
- Outstanding Screen Production (TV)
- Outstanding Screen Production (Short Film)
- Outstanding Screen Production (Full-length Film)
- Outstanding Promoter of the Year
- Personality of the Year
- Service to the Arts Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- People's Choice Award[2]
- Outstanding fiction book: Out of Darkness, Shining Light – Petina Gappah
- Outstanding Fiction: Totanga Patsva – Memory Chirere[7]
- Outstanding Fiction: Masimba – Chiedza Musengezi[8]
- Best Fiction Book: Noma Kanjani Kayiphele Linto! – Bekithemba Ncube[9]
- Best Written Work in any language: Umsebenzi Kawukho – N.C.G. Mathema[11]