科斯塔獎



中文譯名：科斯塔獎（年度最佳小說）

主營旅遊業的惠特布萊德公司於五年前終止贊助，由科斯塔連鎖咖啡店接手並重新冠名。該獎由五個單獨的評判委員會（judging panels）從以下五個獎項分類：包括 1.小說（Best novel）、2.小說處女作（Best first novel）、3.詩歌（Poetry）、4.傳記（Biography）5.童書（Children's book）五個分類的候選名單（shortlists）中分別選出單項獎（winner）授予2.5萬英鎊獎金。最後，在五個單項獎中選出一個授以“年度圖書”（Costa Book of the Year）稱號，同時授予￡30,000獎金。

近年獲獎名單

2010

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

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

2008

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

2007

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

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