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]
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. |
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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 |