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Arts Correspondent
Rooftop Promotions, organisers of the Wene Music Awards, have announced the date for the inaugural awards ceremony.
In a statement released on Wednesday the organisation said outstanding musicians would be awarded on October 29 at a venue to be announced later.
They said the closing date for submissions of musicians’ works is midnight on August 21, 2014 to allow the board of adjudicators enough time for deliberations, judging and decision making.

Rooftop also announced the 33 categories in which they will consider music that was recorded and produced between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
“Awards that have been held before have never recognised the group or band that has supported the lead vocalist but come end of October one group/band will go home as winner of the Outstanding Band Award,” reads part of the statement.

Award categories:
Outstanding musical act
Best live stage act – visual and choreography
People’s choice award     Best live stage act
Wene ambassador award
Best music video
Best recorded album
Best CD recording of a Zimbabwean artiste or act outside Zimbabwe
Best recorded song/composition
Outstanding act in contemporary Zimbabwean music genres
Outstanding female vocalist
Best music podcast
Outstanding male vocalist
Outstanding band/act manager
Outstanding group
Outstanding music promoter
Outstanding act in contemporary Zimbabwean music genres
Outstanding music journalist
Outstanding traditional music exponent
Best music documentary
Outstanding Zimbabwe music crossover exponent
Outstanding traditional music exponent
Outstanding Zimbabwean act in internationally-influenced music genres
Best music documentary
Outstanding socially aware lyrics
Outstanding music journalist
Most promising young or emerging artist or act
Outstanding music promoter
Best backing band to a recording artiste
Recorded instrumentalist of the year
Wene award for passion, integrity and artistic consistency
Musical innovator of the year
Best music video
Lifetime achievement award/s
Best music technical recording/production