Costa Book Award for Short Story
The Costa Book Award for Short Story, established in 2012, is an annual literary award for short stories. The awards are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize.
Recipients
Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a bold font and a blue ribbon (
). Award winners are listed in bold.
| Year | Author | Short Story | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Avril Joy | "Millie and Bird" | Winner | |
| Chioma Okereke | "Trompette de la Mort" | Runner up | ||
| Guy le Jeune | "Small Town Removal" | |||
| Sheila Llewellyn | "Dislocation" | Shortlist | ||
| Angela Readman | "Don't Try this at Home" | |||
| Salley Vickers | "Mown Grass" | |||
| 2013 | Angela Readman | "The Keeper of the Jackalopes" | Winner | [1] |
| Kit de Waal | "The Old Man and the Suit" | Second | ||
| Tony Bagley | "The Forgiveness Thing" | Third | ||
| Clare Chandler | "The Gun Shearer" | Shortlist | ||
| Sheila Llewellyn | "The Papakh Hat" | |||
| Erin Soros | "Still Water, BC" | |||
| 2014 | Zoe Gilbert | Fishskin, Hareskin | Winner | |
| Paula Cunningham | The Matchboy | Second | ||
| Joanne Meek | Jellyfish | Third | ||
| 2015 | Danny Murphy | Rogey | Winner | [2] |
| Niall Bourke | Gerardo Dreams of Chillies | Finalist | [3] | |
| Annalisa Crawford | Watching the Storms Roll In | |||
| Peggy Riley | The Night Office | |||
| Rupert Thomson | To William Burroughs, from His Wife | |||
| Erin Soros | Fallen | |||
| 2018 | Caroline Ward Vine | Breathing Water | Winner | [4] |
See also
References
- "Costa Short Story Award". Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- Burns, Ashleigh (2016-01-27). "Former Clackmannanshire teacher wins Costa Short Story Award 2015". Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- "Costa short story prize reveals identities of anonymised finalists". the Guardian. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- "Costa Short Story Award 2018" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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