NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL OF ZIMBABWE
THE SELECTION CRITERIA
FOR
NATIONAL ARTS MERITS AWARDS (NAMA)
LITERARY ARTS AWARDS
1. OUTSTANDING FIRST CREATIVE PUBLISHED WORK (The publication should be the first for the particular author)
- Originality
- Innovativeness
- Strong Competitive Ideas
- Story- line Plot
- Characterisation
- General Appeal
2. OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S BOOK
- Originality
- Strong Competitive Ideas
- Presentation ability
- Innovativeness
- Plot
- Characterisation
- General Appeal
3. OUTSTANDING FICTION BOOK
- Originality
- Innovativeness
- Content
- Design
- General Appeal
MUSIC AWARDS
1. OUTSTANDING SONG
- Quality of the SONG
- Relatedness
- Quality of captivating
- Size of the song
