Call for Applications: Saboteur Awards and Festival 2023
As 2022 comes to a close, we are looking ahead to 2023 and what the next year holds for the
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Spoken Word
Saboteur Spotlight: Best Spoken Word Show 2021, Spark by Sarah Grant
Congratulations on your recent win at the Saboteur Awards Festival 2021! How did you feel when you found out that
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Saboteur Spotlight: Best Regular Spoken Word Night, Live from The Butchery (Digital)
Congratulations on your recent win at the Saboteur Awards Festival 2021! How did you feel when you found out that
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Saboteur Spotlight: Best Spoken Word Performer 2021, Luke Wright!
Congratulations on your recent win at the Saboteur Awards Festival 2021! How did you feel when you found out that
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Saboteur Awards 2021: Winners!
For the second year running, the Saboteur Awards Festival had to swap to a digital format. We’ve had votes, more votes, and entire week of performances, panels and a much-needed well-being workshop to end it all. All of that leaves us with only one thing left to do…
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Saboteur Awards 2021: Shortlists!
It’s been a week of counting up the shortlists! Once again, it’s an absolute delight to see the excitement and
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Spoken Word Playlist #4: ‘Mountain’ by Jet Sweeney
– Written by Hannah Ledlie – I suspect Jet Sweeney’s ‘Mountain’ might be a marmite poem. To test this theory
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Spoken Word Playlist #3: How are poets adapting to social distancing?
Anyone seeking to facilitate poetry in the digital world of lockdown must start from a place of comparison and introspection. What are the essential elements of a ‘normal’ poetry event?
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Spoken Word Playlist #2: ‘On Listening to Bill Withers’ Lovely Day’ by Shadè Joseph
When I was asked to start this series, I could think of some great performances off the top of my head, but I wanted to cast the widest net possible and allow myself to be surprised.
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Spoken Word Playlist #1: ‘Love Poem’ by Beth Calverley
If you have an interest in poetry and have spent much time online lately, you’ve probably noticed the emergence of a new ‘genre’ referred to by some as ‘quarantine poetry’.
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