科斯塔獎

科斯塔獎，是英國最富盛名的文學獎項之一。其前身設立於1971年、是一年一頒的惠特布萊德獎。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。



Costa Book Award

中文譯名：科斯塔獎（年度最佳小說）　

costa book award是英國最富盛名的文學獎項之一。其前身設立於1971年、是一年一頒的惠特布萊德獎。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