Registered under the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe

Executive Administration

Writers International Network Zimbabwe (WINZIM) existing team of voluntary administrators became functional in 2018. This is the executive Advisory Board. We are very grateful to the founding Board Members, who helped lay the foundation on which we stand today.  We thank board members we worked with along the way, who had to resign due to different circumstances.

 

 Emmanuel Sigauke (Chairperson)

 


Professor Emmanuel Sigauke started writing at the age of thirteen. From then on he has followed his dream and is one of the leading writers in contemporary Zimbabwean literature. He teaches English and Creative Writing at the Cosumnes River College in Sacramento (USA), where he is one of the editors of the Cosumnes River Journal. Prof Sigauke is also an editor. He is involved in various literary initiatives including Writivism for which he is a judge,  mentor, and advisory editor. He has published poetry and short stories in journals and magazines in Zimbabwe, Ireland and the United States, and he edits the Munyori Literary Journal. His publications include the poetry collection Forever Let Me Go (2008, PublishAmerica), the 2016 NAMA-nominated Mukoma’s Marriage and Other Stories (Booklove Publishers, Gweru, Zimbabwe). Sigauke has been with WINZIM since its formation in 2010. Before WIN, he was one of the pillars of BWAZ where he mentored many budding writers, including the WIN founder.

 

 Stella Chegovo

 


Stella Chegovo is a Christian author. Her debut book is titled The Source, a useful tool for the youth ministry. Chegovo is multi-talented. Apart from being an author, she bakes cakes for all occasions, she is a fashion designer, events décor specialist, a buyer and a Pastor.  She holds a certificate in Business Administration (LCCI) and is currently studying for Diploma in Human Resources Management (IPMZ.

  

Tawanda Kandenga

 


Tawanda Godfrey Kandenga is a writer. He holds an Honors Degree in Development Studies (Bindura University of Science Education). Kandenga was an intern in WINZIM from September 2013 to June 2014. He has been with WIN since then.  

 

 Moira Marangwanda

 


Moira Marangwanda is an award-winning Copywriter who is passionate about creative writing. She has written some plays, poems, and short stories. She recently started a blog called Momo's Ramblings  and is very excited about it. She joined WIN in July 2012 as a member and has been with WIN since then as a Voluntary Assistant Administrator.

 

 Vine Ziwane

 


Vine Ziwane is the author of Silent Valleys and Broken Taboo. He loves fiction and poetry. He studied Journalism and Media but his talent in creative writing began to show when he was still in primary school.

  

Beaven Tapureta (Founder and Director)

 


Beaven Tapureta is a NAMA award winning arts (literary) journalist, editor, poet and fiction writer. He was weekly columnist for the Herald from 2014 to 2021. His column Bookshelf focused on Zimbabwean writers and literature. His literary articles and book reviews have appeared on various websites and blogs. He won the Outstanding Print Journalist NAMA Award in 2016. Tapureta started writing early, then became a BWAZ member, contributing to the BWAZ newsletter before he became the BWAZ Programmes Officer. He was editor of the BWAZ newsletter which later became the Writers Scroll, an official BWAZ newsletter. His poems and stories have appeared in anthologies such as State of the Nation: Contemporary Zimbabwean Poetry (edited by Tinashe Mushakavanhu and David Nettleinham, published by The Conversation Press, UK, 2009), African Roar (StoryTime, 2009, S Africa) in which he has a story titled Cost of Courage and in the African-Chinese poetry anthology No Serenity Here (World Knowledge Foundation, 2010) in which he has several poems.

 

 

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