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

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

• 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