- 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
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.
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.
Click below for full details of the five 2012 Costa
Award-winning books and authors.
Click below for full details of the 2012 shortlisted books and
authors:
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.
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Costa Book Awards POS material. Please refer to the brand
guidelines to determine the correct use of the logo.
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