Costa Book Award for Short Story

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.
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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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
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