Saboteur Awards

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Nominations are open for the Saboteur Awards 2018!

March 9, 2018March 18, 2018 Editor independent literature, Indie Literature, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards 2018

Nominate here The Saboteur Awards are back! You can nominate in twelve categories covering the span of indie literature, from

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Saboteur Awards Festival: Open for Applications

December 2, 2017December 3, 2017 Editor saboteur 18, Saboteur Awards

As Sabotage Reviews turns 8 next year, we will be hosting an all-day celebration of indie literature in all of

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Saboteur Awards 2017: Editor’s choice

June 15, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Anna Percy, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Chris Abani, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Emma Hammond, Influx, J.R. Carpenter, Jessica Traynor, Julia Rose Lewis, Kwame Dawes, Lila Matsumoto, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Pam Thompson, Peter Manson, Poetry on the Picket Line, Rebecca Audra Smith, Rebecca Tamás, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Tony White, WORD!, Zimzalla

This year we piloted a new initiative at the Saboteur Awards, which was to include an ‘Editor’s choice’ for each

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Saboteur Awards 2017 – The Results

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 Editor Butcher's Dog, Dead ink, Dominic Berry, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emma Hammond, Evidently, Freya McClements, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Interrobang?!, Into the Void, Irish Writers Centre, Jenn Ashworth, Jessica Traynor, Maria Ferguson, Maudlin House, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Peter A. White, Poetry on the Picket Line, Remembering Oluwale, Reuben Woolley, Richard Hirst, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary, saboteur awards 2017, SJ Bradley, Valley Press, Women Aloud NI, WomenXBorders, Zimzalla

It’s been another incredible year, with nearly 4,300 people voting in the second round in the hopes that their favourite

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Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards 

Like a Fish Out of Batter by Catherine Graham

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Karen Goodwin Catherine graham, Charlie Baylis, Indigo Dreams Publishing

–Reviewed by Charlie Baylis– Catherine Graham is a ‘proudly working class’ poet from Newcastle upon Tyne. Her pamphlet Like A Fish

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All of the Above Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Wildcard Shortlist

April 28, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Andrew Blair, David Turner, I am not a silent poet, J.R. Carpenter, Lunar Poetry Podcast, Poetry as F*ck, Ruben Woolley, Women Aloud NI

We are nearing the end of the spotlights, one more to go after this! This Wildcard category was too wild

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Saboteur Awards: Spotlight on the Most Innovative Publisher

April 27, 2017May 1, 2017 Editor Burning Eye Books, Clive Birnie, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Penned in the Margins, Unthank Books, Zimzalla

Only a few more spotlights to go before voting closes at the end of the month. Next up is the

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Collaboration Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Collaborative Work Shortlist

April 26, 2017May 1, 2017 Editor Adam Steiner, Coventry, Coventry Ringroad, Disappear Here, Grim Chip, Harry Man, Ireland, Irish Writers Centre, Jane Talbot, Kevin Bateman, National Gallery, Poetry on the Picket Line, Scotland, Sidekick Books, Sophie Gainsley, UK, Women Aloud NI

This category ignited voters’ passions, with a multitude of excellent comments to choose from. Check out these multimedia collaborations that explore

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Saboteur Awards Spoken Word 

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Performer Shortlist

April 23, 2017April 22, 2017 Editor Caleb Femi, Dominic Berry, Hollie McNish, Hollie Poetry, Lisa Luxx, Salena Godden

Next in our spotlight feature of all the categories in the Saboteur Awards: the Best Spoken Word Performer shortlist. Check

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Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show

April 22, 2017May 1, 2017 Editor Andrew Blair, Fay Roberts, Maria Ferguson, Paula Varjack, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary

Next up in the Saboteur Awards Spotlight tour, where we give you a taster of all the works and people

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