title: Costa Book Award for Short Story
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012 | Avril Joy | "Millie and Bird" | Winner |
  | 2012 | Chioma Okereke | "Trompette de la Mort" | Runner up |
  | 2012 | Guy le Jeune | "Small Town Removal" | Runner up |
  | 2012 | Sheila Llewellyn | "Dislocation" | Shortlist |
  | 2012 | Angela Readman | "Don't Try this at Home" | Shortlist |
  | 2012 | Salley Vickers | "Mown Grass" | Shortlist |
  | 2013 | Angela Readman | "The Keeper of the Jackalopes" | Winner |
  | 2013 | Kit de Waal | "The Old Man and the Suit" | Second |
  | 2013 | Tony Bagley | "The Forgiveness Thing" | Third |
  | 2013 | Clare Chandler | "The Gun Shearer" | Shortlist |
  | 2013 | Sheila Llewellyn | "The Papakh Hat" | Shortlist |
  | 2013 | Erin Soros | "Still Water, BC" | Shortlist |
  | 2014 | Zoe Gilbert | Fishskin, Hareskin | Winner |
  | 2014 | Paula Cunningham | The Matchboy | Second |
  | 2014 | Joanne Meek | Jellyfish | Third |
  | 2015 | Danny Murphy | Rogey | Winner |
  | 2015 | Niall Bourke | Gerardo Dreams of Chillies | Finalist |
  | 2015 | Annalisa Crawford | Watching the Storms Roll In | Finalist |
  | 2015 | Peggy Riley | The Night Office | Finalist |
  | 2015 | Rupert Thomson | To William Burroughs, from His Wife | Finalist |
  | 2015 | Erin Soros | Fallen | Finalist |
  | 2018 | Caroline Ward Vine | Breathing Water | Winner |
  | 2020 | Tessa Sheridan | "The Person Who Serves, Serves Again" | Winner |
  | 2020 | Louise Dean | "How Adult Conversation Work | Second |
  | 2020 | Laura-Blaise McDowell | "The Lobster Waltz" | Third |
  