Open call: Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards 2023

Works produced from August 2022 to 19 October 2023 will be considered for this year’s awards.

The receiving offices will be Studio 10 at the National Art Gallery and Sabela Studios at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair. Email submissions can be sent to byoartsawards@gmail.com.

The submission deadline is 20 October.

For this year’s edition, the organisers have renamed the Tshibika/Rhumba Award to Minsimbi ZeZhwane Tshibilika/Rhumba Award in honour of the ZeZhwane band members who were killed in a car accident in August.

Among the developments for this year’s awards is a sponsorship by Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust under the CreativesACTIONs 2 banner. The partnership seeks to improve the technical presentation of the awards as a whole and empower those in the production value chain.

Entries can be submitted in the following categories:

• Outstanding Arts Photographer
• Outstanding Dance Ensemble
• Outstanding Female Dancer
• Outstanding Male Dancer
• Outstanding Theatre Actress
• Outstanding Theatre Actor
• Outstanding Theatre Production
• Outstanding Comedian
• Outstanding Poet
• Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
• Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
• Outstanding Ndebele Literary Work
• Outstanding Visual Artist (2D)
• Outstanding Visual Artist (3D)
• Outstanding Arts Journalist (All Media)
• Outstanding Online Media
• Outstanding Radio DJ
• Outstanding Club DJ
• Outstanding Fashion Designer/House
• Outstanding Model
• Outstanding Arts Ambassador (Worldwide)
• Outstanding Hip Hop Artist/Act
• Outstanding Kwaito/House/Gqom Act
• Outstanding Alternative Music
• Outstanding Gospel Artist/Act
• Outstanding Imbube/A Capella Group/Act
• Insimbi ZeZhwane Outstanding Tshibilika/Rhumba Act
• Outstanding Music Producer
• Outstanding Music Video
• Outstanding Song of the Year
• Outstanding TV Production/Programme
• Outstanding Short Film
• Outstanding Screenplay
• Outstanding Film/TV Actress
• Outstanding Film/TV Actor
• Outstanding Band (Covers)
• New Comer of the Year (All Genres)
• Outstanding Male Artist of the Year
• Outstanding Female Artist of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• People’s Choice Award