Saboteur Awards 2016

Bunbury Creative Anthology: Volume 1 ed. by Keri-Ann Edwards & Christopher Moriarty

March 5, 2017March 7, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Andrew Lee Hart, Benjamin Fisher, Bunbury Creative Anthology, Christopher Moriarty, Dave Shannon, David Blair, Deirdre Hines, Fiona Nuttall, James Johnson, Joe Roberts, Judgement Dave, Keri-Ann Edwards, Kevin McMahon, Kurt Jarram, Lauren Bell, Natalie Dibsdale, Rimal Ilyas, Rosa Wright, Saboteur Awards 2016, Sarah Cottingham, Suki Spangles

– Reviewed by Deirdre Hines – Rejection letters are commonplace in a writer’s life; rarer are the places that foster the

Collection Short Stories

Treats by Lara Williams

September 14, 2016September 15, 2016 dj4twinx Lara Williams, Nick Murray, Saboteur Awards 2016, Treats

-Reviewed by Nick Murray- Reading Treats feels like swooping in through someone’s window and slowing down just long enough to

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

Nothing Here is Wild, Everything is Open by Tania Hershman

August 11, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter angela topping, Fool For Poetry Chapbook Prize, Nothing Here is Wild Everything is Open, Saboteur Awards 2016, Southword Editions, Tania Hershman

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – I first encountered Hershman’s work as a short story writer published by Salt. She

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

The Density of Salt by Kate Garrett

July 30, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Kate Garrett, Saboteur Awards 2016, The Density of Salt

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kate Garrett, born in Ohio, has lived most of her adult life as a bona fide Sheffield

Object Poetry Saboteur Awards

Alchemy by Abi Palmer

July 30, 2016December 3, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Abi Palmer, Alchemy, Bethany W. Pope, Saboteur Awards 2016, Shindig

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Abi Palmer’s Alchemy was the winner of this year’s Saboteur Awards’ ‘Wildcard’ category

Novella Saboteur Awards

Filled With Ghosts by Karen Little

May 29, 2016May 30, 2016 dj4twinx Elizabeth Smart, Filled With Ghosts, Karen Little, Onion Custard Publishing, Saboteur Awards 2016, Sarah Gonnet

-Reviewed by Sarah Gonnet– Karen Little writes characters with a surface oddness. Whether they are floridly psychotic or merely displaying

Collection Saboteur Awards

Children’s Children by Jan Carson

May 29, 2016May 26, 2016 dj4twinx Bon Jovi, Chicken Run, Children's Children, Jan Carson, Liberties Press, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards 2016

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Two of the short stories in Jan Carson’s collection Children’s Children serve as handy examples

Anthology Poetry

Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge ed. by Kathleen Bell, Emma Lee & Siobhan Logan

May 22, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Ammar Bin Hatim, Andy N, Chrissie Gittins, Daniel O’Donnell-Smith, Danielle Hope, David Belbin, Emma Lee, Five Leaves Bookshop, George Symonds, Gregory Woods, Jasmine Heydari, Joan Byrne, Kathleen Bell, Ken Evans, Kerry Featherstone, Laura Taylor, Lydia Towsey, Mahendra Solanki, Marilyn Ricci, Mariya Pervez, Over Land Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge, Peter Wyton, Rod Duncan, Rory Waterman, Rose Scooler, Roy Marshall, Saboteur Awards 2016, Saboteur Awards longlist, Sally Flint, Sally Jack, Siobhan Logan, Tania Hershman

– Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey – Over Land, Over Sea is a timely and generous publication (the proceeds from sales go

Saboteur Awards Uncategorized

The Shortlist for the Saboteur Awards 2016

May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor A Lovely Word, Abi Palmer, Ad Hoc Fiction, Adam Horovitz, Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Agnes Török, Alison Lang, Alistair Noon, And Other Stories, Andrew Wynn Owen, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves, Anthony Fisher, Arcadia Missa, Ash Dickinson, Ashley Lister, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Becky Cherriman, Ben Wilkinson, Bethany W. Pope, Bill Jones, Blackstaff Press, BlueSCI, Bottle of Smoke Press, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye, Cafe Rio, Camille Ralph, Charles Whalley, Chrissie Gittins, Cinnamon Press, Clare Pollard, Colin Davies, Danielle Mclaughlin, Daunt Books Publishing, Dave Coates, David Hartley, David Turner, Dawntreader, Dead Ink Books, Deborah Alma, Dom&Ink, Emily Harrison, Emma Lee, Emma Press, End of All Things Podcast, Eoghan Ryan, Evidently, Eyewear Publishing, Fat Roland, Fictions of Every Kind, Find the Right Words, Fiona Moore, Five Leaves Bookshop, Flarestack Poets, Fran Isherwood, Freight Books, Funhouse, Giles Goodland, Granta, Greg Freeman, Gutter, Hammer & Tongue, Han Kang, Hand Job Zine, Hannah Chutzpah, Happenstance Press, Harry Gallon, Helen ivory, Helen Mclory, Helen Oyeyemi, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Ian Bailey, Imove, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Irish Poetry Shop, Isabel Costello, J.O. Morgan, Jackie Hagan, James O'Leary, James Trevelyan, James Whitman, Jan Carson, Jane Talbot, Janice Galloway, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Jemima Foxtrot, Jenny Offil, Jess Green, Jim Carruth, Joanna Walsh, Jody Porter, Joe Reeve, Joey Connolly, John Fuller, Jools Barrett, Joseph Ridgwell, Joy Lane Publishing, JT Welsch, Julie Morrissy, K J Orr, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garett, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kieren King, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lara Williams, Liars' League, Liberties Press, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Linda Stupart, Literary Salmon, LMA Baman-Milner, Loud Poets, Louise Fazackerley, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Lunar Poetry, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Ferguson, Mark Farley, Megan Nolan, Metatron, Michael Stewart, Michelle Tudor, Mother's Milk Books, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff, Mslexia, Murder Slim Books, Nandini Dhar, Naomi Booth, Naomi Frisby, Neil Elder, Nina Allan, Onion Custard Publishing, Open Pen, Oz Hardwick, Padraig Regan, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Penny Goring, Platypus Press, Poetry on the spot, Portobello Books, Prac Crit, Preti Taneja, Prole, Queen's Ferry Press, Rachel Benson, Rally & Broad, Reach Poetry, Rialto, Richard Scott, Robert Garnham, Rod Tame, Ross Sutherland, Roulade, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016, Salena Godden, salt publishing, Sandstone Press, Sanitarium Press, Sean Mahoney, Shelley Tracey, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, SJ Fowler, Sleepy House Press, Sofia Banzhaf, Sophia Walker, Southword Editions, Stanzas, Stephen Watt, Stinging Fly, Stuart A. Paterson, Sue Rainsford, Susan Evans, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Test Centre, The Emma Press, The Fat Damsel, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, The Missing Slate, Tom de Freston, u.v. ray, Unthank, Upswing, Urbane Publications, Valley Press, Vanguard Readings, Vasiliki Legaki, Wendy Pratt, Wild Word Press, Write Out Loud, Yvonne Reddick

Over 1700 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

Saboteur Awards

Dynamite: a Saboteur Awards commission

December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 Editor Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016

We are now open for proposals We want to commission a piece which can be an installation, or a performance,