Mbizo Chirasha is the founder of the Writing Ukraine Prize and a UNESCO-RILA Affiliate Artist. He has been a Free-Speech Fellow to PEN-Zentrum Deutschland, African Fellow at IHRAF (USA), and Guest Writer at Glasgow University. His residencies include Fictional Cafe (USA), Sotambe Film Festival (Zambia), and ICACD (Ghana). He curated the Voices of Africa and co-edited The Second Name of Earth is Peace. Chirasha is chief editor at Time of the Poet Republic, founding editor at WomaWords Literary Press, and curator of Africa Writers Caravan. His books include A Letter to the President, Pilgrims of Zame, and co-authored Whispering Woes of Ganges and Zambezi. His works—poetry, essays, fiction—appear in over 200 publications worldwide, including The Evergreen Review, Poetry London, FemAsia Magazine, Ink Sweat and Tears, The Bezine, Poetry Pacific, and Festival de Poesia Medellin.