Yorkshire-based Steve Nash, pictured, has been voted best spoken word performer in the 2014 indie lit Saboteur awards. Nash, who beat last year's Ted Hughes award winner Kate Tempest to first place, picked up the award on Saturday night at the special Saboteur awards night in Oxford. Sophia Walker, who won last year’s BBC Edinburgh slam, took the award for best spoken word show, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, beating Kirsten Luckins (The Moon Cannot be Stolen). Midlands-based Nine Arches Press was voted best innovative publisher, with the runner-up Penned in The Margins. You can check the full list of awards, organised by Sabotage Reviews, here