The Costa Book Award for Short Story, established in 2012, was an annual literary award for short stories, part of the Costa Book Awards.
The awards were dissolved in 2022.[1]
Recipients
editCosta 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 | [2] |
| Kit de Waal | "The Old Man and the Suit" | Second | [2] | |
| 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 | [3] |
| Niall Bourke | Gerardo Dreams of Chillies | Finalist | [4] | |
| 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 | [5] |
| 2020 | Tessa Sheridan | "The Person Who Serves, Serves Again" | Winner | [6] |
| Louise Dean | "How Adult Conversation Work | Second | [6] | |
| Laura-Blaise McDowell | "The Lobster Waltz" | Third |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Simpson, Craig (2022-06-10). "Costa Book Awards to end after 50 years". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b 2020 Costa Short Story Award, retrieved 2023-02-21
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