Costa Book Award for Short Story

Annual literary award

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

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Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a bold font and a blue ribbon (). Award winners are listed in bold.

Costa Book Award for Short Story winners and finalists  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

## See also

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* Costa Book Award for Biography
* Costa Book Award for Children's Books
* Costa Book Award for First Novel
* Costa Book Award for Novel
* Costa Book Awards

## References

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1. ^ Simpson, Craig (2022-06-10). "Costa Book Awards to end after 50 years". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
2. ^ a b "Costa Short Story Award". Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
3. ^ Burns, Ashleigh (2016-01-27). "Former Clackmannanshire teacher wins Costa Short Story Award 2015". Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
4. ^ "Costa short story prize reveals identities of anonymised finalists". the Guardian. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
5. ^ "Costa Short Story Award 2018" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
6. ^ a b 2020 Costa Short Story Award, retrieved 2023-02-21

## External links

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* Official website

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