I tend to be modest about my achievements, but I am the author of over 40 pieces of short fiction, mostly on the speculative fiction genre spectrum, and also two novels and a novella. I trained as a screenwriter, with a couple of broadcast credits.

Masimba Musodza

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I tend to be modest about my achievements, but I am the author of over 40 pieces of short fiction, mostly on the speculative fiction genre spectrum, and also two novels and a novella. I trained as a screenwriter, with a couple of broadcast credits.

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I tend to be modest about my achievements, but I am the author of over 40 pieces of short fiction, mostly on the speculative fiction genre spectrum, and also two novels and a novella. I trained as a screenwriter, with a couple of broadcast credits.

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Experience Level

Intermediate

Language

Work Experience

Freelance Editor at Self-employed
January 1, 2008 - November 21, 2025
Editing and proofreading for clients; freelance editor and contributor.
Editorial Panel at the other side of hope Magazine
January 1, 2023 - November 21, 2025
Editorial panel involvement.
Editorial Consultant at Sticks & Stones Magazine
January 1, 2022 - November 21, 2025
Editorial consulting; contributor.
Ghostwriter at Story Terrace
January 1, 2020 - November 21, 2025
Ghostwriting for clients.
Freelance Writer at Self-employed / Various clients
January 1, 2011 - November 21, 2025
Freelance writing for multiple clients.
Editor/Proofreader at Lion Press (Pvt) Ltd
December 31, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Editing and proofreading for Lion Press.
Panelist at Britain-Zimbabwe Society Book Festival
January 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025
Panelist.
Member at British Fantasy Society
January 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025
Member of society
Translation Consultant / Board Member at Mother Tongue/Other Tongue edition, other side of hope Magazine
January 1, 2023 - November 21, 2025
Translation consultation board member.
Panelist at Festival of the Battle For Ideas
January 1, 2022 - November 21, 2025
Regular panelist.
Charter Member & Press Secretary at African Speculative Fiction Society
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Founding member and press secretary; role within the society.
Key Note Speaker at Asixoxe Conference, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
January 1, 2016 - November 21, 2025
Keynote speaker.

Education

MicroMasters in Writing for Performance & the Entertainment Industries at The University of Cambridge/edX
January 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025
Writing a TV Pilot at Coursera
January 1, 2020 - November 21, 2025
The Medieval Icelandic Sagas at EdX
January 1, 2018 - November 21, 2025
Literature of the English Countryhouse at University of Sheffield MOOC
January 1, 2014 - November 21, 2025
Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World at Coursera
January 1, 2013 - November 21, 2025
Filmmaking Course at Raindance Institute
January 1, 2008 - November 21, 2025
Writing for Short Film at African Script Development Fund/School of Screenwriting (Israel)
January 1, 2002 - November 21, 2025
Screenwriting Course at Nexus Talent Agency
January 1, 1998 - November 21, 2025
Screenwriting & Directing at Vision Valley Film, Television & Video Institute
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1998
Filmmaking Course at Vision Valley Film, Television & Video Institute
January 1, 1996 - November 21, 2025

Qualifications

Certificate of Appreciation For Outstanding Contribution
January 1, 2017 - November 21, 2025
Key Note Speaker at Asixoxe Conference (SOAS)
January 1, 2016 - November 21, 2025
Charter Member & Press Secretary, African Speculative Fiction Society
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2022

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization
    paper Fly In The Ointment

    A short film produced and directed by Tafadzwa Mucheri. First broadcast on VoxAfrica, UK, 14/02/2017