Costa Book Awards

Key Dates

  • Close of entry: Friday 28th June 2013
  • Category Shortlists announced: November 2013
  • Category Winners announced: Early January 2014 
  • Costa Book of the Year awards presentation ceremony: Tuesday 28th January 2014

Entry Form

The 2013 entry form will be available in early June.

To download it from this website, please click here (please note that this link won't work until the entry form is available).

Any queries relating to entry forms and submissions should be directed to naomi.gane@booksellers.org.uk.

2012 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR

The 2012 Costa Book of the Year was Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.  Click here for more information. 

The 2011 Costa Book of the Year was Pure by Andrew Miller.  Click here for more information.

 

2012 Category Winners

Click below for full details of the five 2012 Costa Award-winning books and authors.

2012 Shortlists

Click below for full details of the 2012 shortlisted books and authors:

Judges

Each of the five Award categories has a panel of three judges. 

To read more about the 2013 Category Award judges, click here (please note that this link will become active when this year's judges have been announced).

The final judging panel will be announced in December 2013.  

 

Downloads

Download the Costa Book Awards logo which can be added to any Costa Book Awards POS material. Please refer to the brand guidelines to determine the correct use of the logo.

Download the logo as a PDF

Download the logo as an Illustrator file

Download the brand guidelines PDF

Download a free A3 poster for use and display