Costa Book Award for Children's Book explained

The Costa Book Award for Children's Book, formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971–2005), was an annual literary award for children's books, part of the Costa Book Awards, which were discontinued in 2022, the 2021 awards being the last made.^[1]

Recipients

Costa Book Award for Children's Book winners and finalists^[2] !Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.

1972			Winner
1973	and William Plomer		Winner
1974	and Quentin Blake	How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen	Winner
			Winner
1975	No award presented in 1975
1976			Winner
1977		No End to Yesterday	Winner
1978			Winner
1979		Tulku	Winner
1980		John Diamond	Winner
1981			Winner
1982			Winner
1983			Winner
1984			Winner
1985			Winner
1986			Winner
1987			Winner
1988		Awaiting Developments	Winner
1989		Why Weeps the Brogan	Winner
1990		AK	Winner
1991		Harvey Angell	Winner
1992			Winner
1993		Flour Babies	Winner
1994		Gold Dust	Winner
1995			Winner
			Shortlist
		Kasper in the Glitter
1996			Winner
			Shortlist
		Plundering Paradise
		Clockwork or All Wound Up
1997		Aquila	Winner
		Harry and the Wrinklies	Shortlist
		Chasing Redbird
		Junk
1998		Skellig	Winner
		Abomination	Shortlist
		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
		Sweet Clarinet
1999		Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Winner
		Meeting Midnight	Shortlist
		Kensuke's Kingdom
2000		Coram Boy	Winner
		Heaven Eyes	Shortlist
		Troy
2001			Winner
		Artemis Fowl	Shortlist
		Journey to the River Sea
2002		Saffy's Angel	Winner
		Exodus	Shortlist
		Sorceress
		Mortal Engines
2003			Winner
			Shortlist
		Private Peaceful
		Naked Without a Hat		^[3]
2004		Not the End of the World	Winner
		Looking for JJ	Shortlist
		How I Live Now
		No Shame, No Fear
2005			Winner
		Framed	Shortlist
		Permanent Rose
2006		Set in Stone	Winner
		Clay	Shortlist	^[4]
		Just in Case
2007			Winner	^[5]
		Crusade	Shortlist
		What I Was
		Blood Red Snow White
2008		Just Henry	Winner	^[6]
		Ostrich Boys	Shortlist
		Broken Soup
2009			Winner	^[7]
		Solace of the Road	Shortlist
		Troubadour
		Guantanamo Boy
2010		Out of Shadows	Winner	^[8]
		Flyaway	Shortlist	^[9]
		Annexed
		Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon
2011		Blood Red Road	Winner	^[10]
		Flip	Shortlist	^[11]
		Small Change for Stuart
2012		Maggot Moon	Winner	^[12]
			Shortlist
		What’s Up with Jody Barton?
2013		Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse	Winner	^[13] ^[14]
		Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door	Shortlist	^[15]
		Rose Under Fire
2014		Five Children on the Western Front	Winner	^[16] ^[17]
	Simon Mason	Running Girl	Shortlist	^[18]
	Michael Morpurgo	Listen to the Moon
	Marcus Sedgwick
2015			Winner	^[19]
	Hayley Long	Sophie Someone	Shortlist	^[20]
	Sally Nicholls	An Island of Our Own
	Andrew Norriss	Jessica's Ghost
2016			Winner	^[21]
		Time Travelling With a Hamster	Shortlist	^[22]
2017			Winner	^[23]
		Moonrise	Shortlist	^[24]
		Wed Wabbit
2018			Winner	^[25] ^[26]
			Shortlist	^[27]
		Bone Talk
		Orphan Monster Spy
2019		Asha & the Spirit Bird	Winner	^[28]
		Crossfire	Shortlist	^[29]
		In the Shadow of Heroes
		Furious Thing
2020	Natasha Farrant	Voyage of the Sparrowhawk	Winner	^[30]
		Wranglestone	Shortlist	^[31]
2021			Winner	^[32]
		Maggie Blue and the Dark World	Shortlist	^[33]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Barnett . David . Costa book awards scrapped suddenly after 50 years . 3 March 2023 . The Guardian . 10 June 2022 . 10 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220610130824/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/10/costa-book-awards-scrapped-suddenly-after-50-years . live .
2. Web site: Past Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229131124/http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/PastWinners.pdf. 2009-12-29. 2022-02-07. Costa Book Awards.
3. News: Rabinovitch . Dina . 2004-01-07 . Author of the month: Jeanne Willis . en-GB . . 2023-06-04 . 0261-3077 . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209135633/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/07/booksforchildrenandteenagers.dinarabinovitch . live .
4. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2006-11-28 . Costa kicks off prize sponsorship with populist shortlist . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2020-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025557/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/28/costabookaward2006.costabookaward . live .
5. News: Brown . Mark . 2008-01-02 . Former postwoman takes Costa first novel award . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527152421/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/02/costabookawards2007.costabookaward2 . live .
6. News: Brown . Mark . 2009-01-05 . Nonagenarian Diana Athill leads Costa book award winners . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220909084816/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/05/costabookaward-awardsandprizes . live .
7. News: Brown . Mark . 2010-01-26 . Christopher Reid wins Costa book prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220529140142/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/26/christopher-reid-costa-book-prize . live .
8. News: 2011-01-05 . In pictures: Costa book awards 2010 . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123045252/https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2011/jan/05/costa-book-awards-2010 . live .
9. News: Brown . Mark . 2010-11-16 . Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2019-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195306/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled . live .
10. News: Brown . Mark . correspondent . arts . 2012-01-24 . Costa book award: Andrew Miller wins for sixth novel, Pure . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2023-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604181556/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/24/costa-winner-andrew-miller-pure . live .
11. News: 2011-11-15 . Costa book awards 2011: the shortlists – in pictures . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707043822/https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2011/nov/15/costa-book-awards-2011-shortlists-in-pictures . live .
12. News: Brown . Mark . 2013-01-29 . Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216090037/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/29/hilary-mantel-bring-bodies-costa-prize . live .
13. News: 2014-01-06. Former winners recapture Costa prize. en-GB. BBC News. 2022-02-07. 2022-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220207143512/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25627541. live.
14. News: Brown . Mark . 2014-01-28 . Costa book award won by Nathan Filer for debut novel, The Shock of the Fall . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2023-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405191547/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/28/costa-book-award-nathan-filer . live .
15. Web site: 2013-11-26 . Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220206163522/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/26/costa-book-award-shortlists-2013 . 2022-02-06 . 2022-02-07 . . en.
16. Web site: Vincent . Alice . 2015-01-05 . Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories . 2015-01-12 . . 2019-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502192856/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11312169/Costa-book-award-winners-2014-ali-smith.html . live .
17. News: Brown . Mark . 2015-01-27 . Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for ‘haunting’ H is for Hawk . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2015-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221171326/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/27/costa-book-award-helen-macdonald-h-is-for-hawk-win . live .
18. Web site: Oliver Arnoldi. 18 November 2014. 2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced. Daily Telegraph. January 12, 2015. 12 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112172025/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11238023/2014-Costa-Book-Awards-shortlists-announced.html. live.
19. Web site: Brown. Mark. 26 January 2016. Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015. The Guardian. 27 January 2016. 29 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629122427/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/26/frances-hardinges-the-lie-tree-wins-costa-book-of-the-year-2015. live.
20. News: Flood . Alison . 2015-11-17 . Costa category awards 2015: tiny presses square up to big hitters . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221227110913/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/17/costa-category-awards-2015-tiny-presses-square-up-to-big-hitters . live .
21. News: Cain . Sian . 2017-01-31 . Days Without End wins Sebastian Barry second Costa book of the year award . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704103132/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/31/days-without-end-wins-sebastian-barry-second-costa-book-of-the-year . live .
22. News: Dugdale . John . 2016-11-26 . 2016 Costa award: why the shortlist is making history . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129084539/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/nov/26/sta-award-why-the-shortlist-is-making-history . live .
23. News: Cain . Sian . 2018-01-02 . Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2018-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180102221119/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/02/helen-dunmore-wins-posthumous-costa-award-for-collection-inside-the-wave . live .
24. News: Flood . Alison . 2017-11-21 . Helen Dunmore's final poems lead shortlists for 2017 Costa prizes . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206181623/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/21/helen-dunmores-final-poems-lead-shortlists-for-2017-costa-prizes . live .
25. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Front Row - The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es named Costa Book of the Year 2018. 2022-02-06. BBC. en-GB. 2022-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20220104112759/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1gF4PfT74lbBGG8tdXvnCc5/the-cut-out-girl-by-bart-van-es-named-costa-book-of-the-year-2018. live.
26. News: Flood . Alison . 2019-01-07 . Costa first novel award winner recalls 'awful' time writing his book . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2023-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526104713/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/07/costa-first-novel-award-winner-stuart-turton-the-seven-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle . live .
27. News: Flood . Alison . 2018-11-22 . Costa book awards shortlist memoir of homeless couple's coast walk . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2023-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230530163813/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/22/costa-book-awards-shortlist-memoir-of-homeless-couple-coast-walk-salt-path-raynor-winn . live .
28. News: Doyle. Martin. 6 January 2020. Costa Book Awards 2019 winners revealed. en. The Irish Times. 28 January 2020. 13 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220613083402/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/costa-book-awards-2019-winners-revealed-1.4131655. live.
29. News: Flood . Alison . 2019-11-26 . Debut author of Queenie caps success with Costa prize shortlisting . en-GB . . 2023-06-09 . 0261-3077 . 2023-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128155517/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/26/debut-author-of-queenie-caps-success-with-costa-prize-shortlisting . live .
30. Web site: January 2021. Costa Book of the Year: 'Utterly original' Mermaid of Black Conch wins. 2021-02-03. BBC. 2022-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220607130700/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55816858. live.
31. News: Flood . Alison . 2020-11-24 . Costa book awards: Susanna Clarke nominated for second novel after 16-year wait . en-GB . . 2023-06-08 . 0261-3077 . 2023-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404132317/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/24/costa-book-awards-susanna-clarke-nominated-for-second-novel-after-16-year-wait . live .
32. Web site: Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners announced. 2022-01-05. Costa. 2022-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220105031313/https://costanewsroom.vuelio.co.uk/press/press-releases/a657bbca-30fd-4330-81e0-3976bcc4a5ba/costa-book-awards-2021-category-winners-announced. live.
33. Web site: Anderson . Porter . 2021-11-23 . The United Kingdom's Costa Book Awards Name Five Shortlists . 2023-06-09 . Publishing Perspectives . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206232301/https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/11/the-united-kingdoms-costa-book-awards-name-five-shortlists/ . live .