Valley Press – Sabotage

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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

Anthology Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Anthology Category

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 Editor Aki Schilz, Anietie Isong, Ashley Stokes, Char March, Chloe Aridjis, Courttia Newland, David Oluwale, Dominic Grace, Eley Williams, Ian Harker, Irenosen Okojie, Juliet Jacques, Koye Oyedeji, M John Harrison, Nicolas Ruston, Nikesh Shukla, Noo Saro-Wiwa, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Peter White, Salena Godden, Sarah Miles, SJ Bradley, Sunny Singh, Unthank Books, Valley Press, Will Wiles, Yvvette Edwards

This month we are putting the focus on each category in the Saboteur Awards so voters can get a taster

Announcement Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017 – The Shortlist and Longlist

April 3, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Adam Craig, Aliya Whiteley, And Other Stories, Blast Theory, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye Books, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, César Aira, Cinnamon Press, Dave Coates, Dead ink, Dominic Bury, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Eley Williams, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emma Hammond, Emma van Woerkom, Evidently, EyeCue, Fay Roberts, For Books' Sake, Freya McClements, Greg Freeman, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Influx Press, Interrobang?!, Into the Void, Irenosen Okojie, J.R. Carpenter, Jacaranda Books, James Giddings, Jenn Ashworth, Jessica Traynor, Kevin Bateman, Lisa Luxx, Lucy Durneen, Maria Ferguson, Maudlin House, MidnightSun Publishing, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Paula Varjack, Penned in the Margins, Poetry Business, Reach Magazine, Read Fox Books, Richard Hirst, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards 2017, saboteur awards shortlist, Salena Godden, Scott Manley Hadley, Sidekick Books, Silhouette Press, Sophie Gainsley, Stephanie Conn, Templar, The Lonely Crowd, Tony White, Unity Words, Unsung Stories, Unthank Books, Valley Press, WORD!, Zimzalla

Nearly 2,200 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

Pamphlets Poetry

All the footprints I left were red by Rowena Knight

March 30, 2017May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Helen Calcutt, Rowena Knight, Valley Press

-Reviewed by Helen Calcutt– One word springs to mind when reading Knight’s first pamphlet All the footprints I left were red

Quick by Peter Spafford

September 25, 2016September 26, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Penny Boxall, Peter Spafford, Quick, Valley Press

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – The more I read Peter Spafford’s funny, tender book, Quick, the more I like him. From

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

Collection Poetry

Ex Libris by David Hughes

January 16, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter David Hughes, Ex Libris, JPL, Valley Press

– Reviewed by JPL – Ex Libris stands out: this is not just a good man’s life, but a testament, as few books

Collection Poetry

ALL by Robert Powell

August 5, 2015August 8, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter ALL, JPL, Robert Powell, Valley Press

– Reviewed by JPL – ALL moves the reader to acknowledge that no one and nothing is ordinary. With a

Collection Poetry

Humfrey Coningsby by Jonathan Davidson

July 12, 2015July 11, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Geoffrey Hill, Humfrey Coningsby, Jonathan Davidson, JPL, Mercian Hymns, Valley Press

– Reviewed by JPL – Among a plethora of worthy poetry publications, Jonathan Davidson’s Humfrey Coningsby – loosely based on the life of a

Pamphlets Poetry

Animals by Miles Salter

February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Miles Salter, Sue Kindon, Valley Press

–Reviewed by Sue Kindon– I missed out on Miles Salter’s first collection, The Border (2011, written as Miles Cain), also published by