Costa Book Awards
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The Costa Book Awards are a series of literary awards given to books by authors based in Great Britain and Ireland. They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2005, after which Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.[1][2]
The awards, launched in 1971, 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.
In 1989, controversy erupted when the judges first awarded the Best Novel prize to Alexander Stuart's The War Zone, then withdrew the prize prior to the ceremony amid acrimony among the judges, ultimately awarding it to Lindsay Clarke's The Chymical Wedding.
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Process [edit]
Award winners in five books categories are chosen from shortlists by five distinct panels of judges.[citation needed]
- Best novel
- Best first novel
- Children's book
- Poetry
- Biography
Each of five book award winners receives £5,000. One of them is then named Costa Book of the Year with a further £25,000 prize. That overall award is determined by a panel comprising five judges from the first round and four new ones.[citation needed] (The new short story prize is £3,500.)[3]
Authors need not be British or Irish but they must have been resident in the UK or Ireland for at least six months in each of the previous three years.
The winning short story will be determined by public vote from a shortlist of six that are selected by a panel of judges. The process is "blind" at both stages for the unpublished entries are anonymous until the conclusion.[4][3]
- Short story
As of 28 November 2012, the six short story finalists had been published anonymously online and the public vote was underway. The winner will be announced 29 January 2013.[4]
Winners [edit]
Bold font identifies the overall Costa Book of the Year.[1]
2012 [edit]
- First Novel Award — Francesca Segal, The Innocents
- Novel Award — Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies
- Children's Book Award — Sally Gardner, Maggot Moon
- Poetry Award — Kathleen Jamie, The Overhaul
- Biography Award — Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
- Short Story Award — Avril Joy, "Millie and Bird"
2011 [edit]
- First Novel Award — Christie Watson, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away
- Novel Award — Andrew Miller, Pure
- Children's Book Award — Moira Young, Blood Red Road
- Poetry Award — Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees
- Biography Award — Matthew Hollis, Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas
2010 [edit]
- First Novel Award — Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night
- Novel Award — Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
- Children's Book Award — Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows
- Poetry Award — Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability
- Biography Award — Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
2009 [edit]
- First Novel Award — Raphael Selbourne, Beauty
- Novel Award — Colm Tóibin, Brooklyn
- Children's Book Award — Patrick Ness,The Ask and the Answer
- Poetry Award — Christopher Reid, A Scattering
- Biography Award — Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
2008 [edit]
- First Novel Award — Sadie Jones, The Outcast
- Novel Award — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
- Children's Book Award — Michelle Magorian, Just Henry
- Poetry Award — Adam Foulds, The Broken Word
- Biography Award — Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End
2007 [edit]
- First Novel Award – Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost
- Novel Award — A.L. Kennedy, Day
- Children's Book Award — Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird
- Poetry Award — Jean Sprackland, Tilt
- Biography Award — Simon Sebag Montefiore, Young Stalin
2006 [edit]
- First Novel Award – Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves
- Novel Award — William Boyd, Restless
- Children's Book Award — Linda Newbery, Set in Stone
- Poetry Award — John Haynes, Letter to Patience
- Biography Award — Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum
2005 [edit]
- First Novel Award - Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory
- Novel Award - Ali Smith, The Accidental
- Children's Book Award - Kate Thompson, The New Policeman
- Poetry Award - Christopher Logue, Cold Calls
- Biography Award - Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master
2004 [edit]
- First Novel Award - Susan Fletcher, Eve Green
- Novel Award - Andrea Levy, Small Island
- Children's Book Award - Geraldine McCaughrean, Not the End of the World
- Poetry Award - Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus
- Biography Award - John Guy, My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
2003 [edit]
- First Novel Award - DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little
- Novel Award - Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Children's Book Award - David Almond, The Fire-Eaters
- Poetry Award - Don Paterson, Landing Light
- Biography Award - DJ Taylor, Orwell: The Life
2002 [edit]
- First Novel Award - Norman Lebrecht, The Song of Names
- Novel Award - Michael Frayn, Spies
- Children's Book Award - Hilary McKay, Saffy's Angel
- Poetry Award - Paul Farley, The Ice Age
- Biography Award - Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
2001 [edit]
- First Novel Award - Sid Smith, Something Like A House
- Novel Award - Patrick Neate, Twelve Bar Blues
- Children's Book Award - Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
- Poetry Award - Selima Hill, Bunny
- Biography Award - Diana Souhami, Selkirk's Island
2000 [edit]
- First Novel Award - Zadie Smith, White Teeth
- Novel Award - Matthew Kneale, English Passengers
- Children's Book Award - Jamila Gavin, Coram Boy
- Poetry Award - John Burnside, The Asylum Dance
- Biography Award - Lorna Sage, Bad Blood - A Memoir
See also [edit]
- List of British literary awards
- List of literary awards
- English literature
- British literature
- Literature
- List of years in literature
References [edit]
- ^ a b (past_winners_complete_list.pdf). Costa Book Awards. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ (past_shortlists_complete_list.pdf). Costa Book Awards. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ a b Alison Flood (17 July 2012). "Costa's new short story award to be judged anonymously". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b Alison Flood (28 November 2012). "Costa short story prize to be decided by public vote". Alison Flood. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
External links [edit]
- Costa Book Awards official web site
- Injecting Caffeine Into the Whitbread (Now Costa) Book Awards at The Book Standard
- Costa Book Awards directory at The Guardian newspaper
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