Founded in 2010 by Claire Trévien, Sabotage Reviews offers dynamic commentary and reviews of small-scale and ephemeral literature that often goes unnoticed. The platform focuses on independent, small-budget literary works, including poetry pamphlets, short stories, and live performances such as open mic events and spoken word shows. Sabotage Reviews reflects the diverse range of contemporary literary production and is dedicated to inclusiveness and supporting new voices in literature. They aim to highlight the richness of the ‘literary ecology’ by providing critical attention to these unique works.
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION SHORTLIST
- Fifteen Minutes by Erinna Mettler
- Bank Holiday Hurricane by Kelly Creighton
- Come Let Us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross
- Hings by Chris McQueer
- You Will Grow Into Them by Malcolm Devlin
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION LONGLIST
- A Witness of Waxwings by Alison Lock
- Dazzling the Gods: Stories by Tom Vowler
- The Chemist’s House by Jude Higgins
- Food Of The Gods by Em Dehaney
- Hollow Shores by Gary Budden
- Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- Worlds from the Word’s End by Joanna Walsh
- Paisley Shirt by Gail Aldwin
- Some of Us Glow More Than Others by Tania Hershman
- Room Little Darker by June Caldwell
BEST NOVELLA SHORTLIST
- Dead Dogs & Angels by Mickela Sonola
- Tumours by Chay Collins
- The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga
- How to Make A Window Snake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Ad Hoc Fiction)
- Seed by Joanna Walsh (Visual Editions)
BEST NOVELLA LONGLIST
- Gaudy Bauble by Isabel Waidner
- Love by Hanne Orstavik, Martin Aitken
- El Hacho by Luis Carrasco
- Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
- Our Bright Dark Summer by Richard Daniels
- Saving Maya by Kiran Manral
- The Ogress of Reading by Eithne Cullen
- Sealed by Naomi Booth
- Water into Wine by Joyce Chng
- The End We Start From by Megan Hunter