Ariel S. Tabag (born August 16, 1978), is a bilingual Ilocano fiction author (he writes in Ilocano language and Tagalog/Filipino), poet, editor, translator, and musician.
He has received the Palanca Awards for his Ilokano short stories.
He has received awards from Ilocano literary contests such as AMMAFLA, GUMIL California, SABALI, RFAAFIL, ATILA, Tugade Awards.
He is the author of Karapote (Curion), an anthology of Ilocano short stories.
With Mighty C. Rasing, another Ilocano writer-musician, they started Danirock, a poetry performance with rock music.