St ud zin ski ▁Liter ary ▁Award , ▁jud ged ▁by ▁J . ▁M . ▁Co et ze e . ▁ ▁Well ▁respect ed ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁and ▁publish er ▁whose ▁authors ▁regularly ▁win ▁pri zes ▁— ▁Stanley ▁Gaz emb a ▁in ▁his ▁recent ▁article ▁" A fr ican ▁Publishing ▁Mine fields ▁and ▁the ▁Wo es ▁of ▁the ▁African ▁W riter " ▁comm ends ▁the ▁attention ▁paid ▁by ▁Sta un ton ▁" to ▁the ▁editing ▁process ▁and ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁quality ▁of ▁her ▁books " ▁— ▁she ▁has ▁been ▁an ▁invited ▁particip ant ▁in ▁local ▁and ▁international ▁literary ▁events . ▁She ▁has ▁edited ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁well ▁received ▁collections ▁of ▁Z imb ab we an ▁writing , ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁written ▁articles ▁on ▁publishing ▁in ▁Z imb ab we . ▁For ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁she ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁Po etry ▁International ▁as ▁their ▁Z imb ab we ▁editor , ▁hand ing ▁over ▁the ▁role ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁to ▁T og ara ▁M uz an en ham o . ▁ ▁Spe aking ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁interview ▁Sta un ton ▁said : ▁" Edit ors ▁are ▁a ▁bit ▁like ▁stage - hand s : ▁the ▁play ▁can ' t ▁go ▁on ▁without ▁them , ▁and ▁yet ▁their ▁role ▁is ▁necessarily ▁in ▁the ▁sh adows . ▁It ▁is , ▁however , ▁interesting ▁to ▁see ▁how ▁many ▁writers ▁acknow ledge ▁their ▁edit ors ▁– ▁the ▁third ▁eye ▁is ▁of ▁value ." ▁ ▁Personal