| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Costa Book Award for Poetry winners and finalists[{{Cite web |title=Costa Book Awards {{!}} History, Winners, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Costa-Book-Award |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207023228/https://www.britannica.com/art/Costa-Book-Award |url-status=live }}]
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Result
!Ref. |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1971
|{{sortname|Geoffrey|Hill}}
|Mercian Hymns
|Winner
| |
| colspan="5" |No award presented 1972-1984 |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1985
|{{sortname|Douglas|Dunn}}
|Elegies {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1986
|{{sortname|Peter|Reading}}
|Stet
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1987
|{{sortname|Seamus|Heaney}}
|The Haw Lantern
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1988
|{{sortname|Peter|Porter|Peter Porter (poet) }}
|The Automatic Oracle
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1989
|{{sortname|Michael|Donaghy}}
|Shibboleth
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1990
|{{sortname|Paul|Durcan}}
|Daddy, Daddy
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1991
|{{sortname|Michael|Longley}}
|Gorse Fires
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1992
|{{sortname|Tony|Harrison}}
|The Gaze of the Gorgon
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1993
|{{sortname|Carol Ann|Duffy}}
|Mean Time
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!1994
|{{sortname|James|Fenton}}
|Out of Danger
|Winner
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |1995
|{{sortname|Bernard|O'Donoghue}}
|Gunpowder
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Simon |Armitage}}
|The Dead Sea Poems
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Tony |Harrison}}
|The Shadow of Hiroshima and other film/poems
| |
| {{sortname|Glyn |Maxwell}}
|Rest for the Wicked
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |1996
|{{sortname|Seamus|Heaney}}
|The Spirit Level {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|U. A. |Fanthorpe}}
|Safe as Houses
| rowspan="4" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Alice |Oswald}}
|The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile
| |
| {{sortname|Christopher |Reid|Christopher Reid (writer)}}
|Expanded Universes
| |
| {{sortname|Pauline |Stainer}}
|The Wound-dresser's Dream
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |1997
|{{sortname|Ted|Hughes}}
|Tales from Ovid {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Simon |Armitage}}
|CloudCuckooLand
| rowspan="4" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Selima |Hill}}
|Sugar-Paper blue Violet
| |
| {{sortname|Christopher |Reid|Christopher Reid (writer)}}
|Expanded Universes
| |
| {{sortname|Peter |Redgrove}}
|Assembling a Ghost
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="3" |1998
|{{sortname|Ted|Hughes}}
|Birthday Letters {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Philip |Gross}}
|The Wasting Game
| rowspan="2" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Paul |Farley}}
|The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See you
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |1999
|{{sortname|Seamus|Heaney}}
|Beowulf: A New Verse Translation {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Michael |Hofmann}}
|Approximately Nowhere
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Ted |Hughes}}
|Alcestis
| |
| {{sortname|Don |Paterson}}
|The Eyes
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2000
|{{sortname|John|Burnside}}
|The Asylum Dance
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Michael |Donaghy}}
|Conjure
| rowspan="4" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|R F |Langley}}
|Collected Poems
| |
| {{sortname|Anne |Stevenson}}
|Granny Scarecrow
| |
| {{sortname|Maurice |Riordan}}
|Floods
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2001
|{{sortname|Selima|Hill}}
|Bunny
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Charles |Boyle|Charles Boyle (poet)}}
|The Age of Cardboard and String
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Wendy |Cope}}
|If I don't know
| |
| {{sortname|John |Stammers}}
|Panoramic Lounge-Bar
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2002
|{{sortname|Paul|Farley}}
|The Ice Age
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|David |Constantine}}
|Something for the Ghosts
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Ruth |Padel}}
|Voodoo Shop
| |
| {{sortname|Sheenagh |Pugh}}
|The Beautiful Lie
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2003
|{{sortname|Don|Paterson}}
|Landing Light
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Lavinia |Greenlaw }}
|Minsk
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Jamie |McKendrick}}
|Ink Stone
| |
| {{sortname|Jean |Sprackland}}
|Hard Water
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2004
|{{sortname|Michael|Symmons Roberts}}
|Corpus
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Leontia |Flynn}}
|These Days
| rowspan="4" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|John |Fuller|John Fuller (poet)}}
|Ghosts
| |
| {{sortname|Matthew |Hollis}}
|Ground Water
| |
| {{sortname|Michael |Symmons Roberts }}
|Corpus
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2005
|{{sortname|Christopher|Logue}}
|Cold Calls
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|David |Harsent}}
|Legion
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Richard |Price|Richard Price (poet)}}
|Lucky Day
| |
| {{sortname|Jane |Yeh}}
|Marabou
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2006
|{{sortname|John|Haynes|nolink=1}}
|Letter to Patience
|Winner
| |
| {{sortname|Vicki |Feaver}}
|The Book of Blood
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2006-11-28 |title=Costa kicks off prize sponsorship with populist shortlist |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/28/costabookaward2006.costabookaward |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025557/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/28/costabookaward2006.costabookaward |archive-date=2020-10-17 |issn=0261-3077}}] |
| {{sortname|Seamus |Heaney}}
|District and Circle |
| {{sortname|Hugo |Williams}}
|Dear Room |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2007
|{{sortname|Jean|Sprackland}}
|Tilt
|Winner
|[{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=2008-01-02 |title=Former postwoman takes Costa first novel award |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/02/costabookawards2007.costabookaward2 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527152421/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/02/costabookawards2007.costabookaward2 |archive-date=2022-05-27 |issn=0261-3077}}] |
| {{sortname|Ian |Duhig}}
|The Speed of Dark
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|John |Fuller|John Fuller (poet)}}
|The Space of Joy
| |
| {{sortname|Daljit |Nagra}}
|Look We Have Coming to Dover!
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2008
|{{sortname|Adam|Foulds}}
|The Broken Word
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |date=January 6, 2009 |title=Awards: Costa Book Awards Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=831 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192409/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=831 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Ciarán |Carson}}
|For All We Know
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Kathryn |Simmonds}}
|Sunday at the Skin Launderette
| |
| {{sortname|Greta |Stoddart}}
|Salvation Jane
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2009
|{{sortname|Christopher|Reid|Christopher Reid (writer)}}
|A Scattering {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 5, 2010 |title=Awards: Costa Book Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1084 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192407/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1084 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Awards: Costa Book of the Year |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1101 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192423/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1101 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Clive |James}}
|Angels Over Elsinore
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Katharine |Kilalea}}
|One Eye'd Leigh
| |
| {{sortname|Ruth |Padel}}
|Darwin: A Life in Poems
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2010
|{{sortname|Jo|Shapcott}}
|Of Mutability {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 26, 2011 |title=Awards: Costa; DBW Publishing Innovation; Dilys Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1376 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192420/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1376 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 5, 2011 |title=Awards: Costa Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1360 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192423/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1360 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Roy |Fisher}}
|Standard Midland
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Robin |Robertson}}
|The Wrecking Light
| |
| {{sortname|Sam |Willetts}}
|New Light for the Old Dark
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2011
|{{sortname|Carol Ann|Duffy}}
|The Bees
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 25, 2012 |title=Awards: Costa Book of the Year |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1649 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207020013/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1649 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |first2= |date=January 4, 2012 |title=Awards: Costa Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1634 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192422/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1634 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|David |Harsent}}
|Night
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |title=Costa Book Awards 2011 shortlist: Julian Barnes nominated again |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8893393/Costa-Book-Awards-2011-shortlist-Julian-Barnes-nominated-again.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Telegraph |archive-date=2022-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126063435/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8893393/Costa-Book-Awards-2011-shortlist-Julian-Barnes-nominated-again.html |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Jackie |Kay}}
|Fiere |
| {{sortname|Sean |O'Brien |Sean O'Brien (writer)}}
|November |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2012
|{{sortname|Kathleen|Jamie}}
|The Overhaul
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 3, 2013 |title=Awards: Costa Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1898 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192411/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1898 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |date=2013-01-29 |title=Mantel Wins Costa Award |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/55718-mantel-wins-costa-award.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193904/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/55718-mantel-wins-costa-award.html |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Sean |Borodale}}
|Bee Journal
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| |
| {{sortname|Julia |Copus}}
|The World's Two Smallest Humans
| |
| {{sortname|Selima |Hill}}
|People Who Like Meatballs
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2013
|{{sortname|Michael|Symmons Roberts}}
|Drysalter
|Winner
|[{{Cite web|date=6 January 2014|title=Former winners recapture Costa prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25627541|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 January 2014|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905122923/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25627541|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 7, 2014 |title=Awards: Costa; Pacific Northwest; Arabic Fiction |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2159 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192418/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2159 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Clive |James}}
|Dante, The Divine Comedy
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{cite web|author=Mark Brown|date=26 November 2013|title=Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/26/costa-book-award-shortlists-2013|work=The Guardian|accessdate=November 27, 2013|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092244/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/26/costa-book-award-shortlists-2013|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=2013-11-26 |title=Costa Book Awards 2013: Shortlist in full |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-book-awards-2013-shortlist-in-full-8965287.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193900/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-book-awards-2013-shortlist-in-full-8965287.html |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Helen |Mort}}
|Division Street |
| {{sortname|Robin |Robertson}}
|Hill of Doors |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2014
|{{sortname|Jonathan|Edwards|Jonathan Edwards (poet) }}
|My Family and Other Superheroes
|Winner
|[{{cite web|author=Alice Vincent|date=5 January 2015|title=Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11312169/Costa-book-award-winners-2014-ali-smith.html|work=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=January 12, 2015|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502192856/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11312169/Costa-book-award-winners-2014-ali-smith.html|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 6, 2015 |title=Awards: Ulfers; Costa; Paddy Power Political Book |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2415 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192411/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2415 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Colette |Bryce}}
|The Whole and Rain-domed Universe
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{cite web|author=Oliver Arnoldi|date=18 November 2014|title=2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11238023/2014-Costa-Book-Awards-shortlists-announced.html|work=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=January 12, 2015|archive-date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112172025/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11238023/2014-Costa-Book-Awards-shortlists-announced.html|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 20, 2014 |title=Awards: Costa Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2391 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192414/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2391 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Lavinia |Greenlaw}}
|A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde |
| {{sortname|Kei |Miller}}
|The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2015
|{{sortname|Don|Paterson}}
|40 Sonnets
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 5, 2016 |title=Awards: Costa Winners; John Leonard Longlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2662 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192409/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2662 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Andrew |McMillan|nolink=1}}
|Physical
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2015 |title=Awards: Costa; Royal Society Young People's; Melbourne Lit |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2637 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192421/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2637 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Kate |Miller|nolink=1}}
|The Observances |
| {{sortname|Neil |Rollinson}}
|Talking Dead |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2016
|{{sortname|Alice|Oswald}}
|Falling Awake
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Alice |date=2017-01-04 |title=Costa Prize Winner Announced! |url=https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/costa-prize-shortlist-announced |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Poetry Book Society |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193900/https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/costa-prize-shortlist-announced |url-status=live }}] |
| {{Sortname|Melissa|Lee-Houghton}}
|
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite news |last=Dugdale |first=John |date=2016-11-26 |title=2016 Costa award: why the shortlist is making history |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/nov/26/sta-award-why-the-shortlist-is-making-history |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129084539/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/nov/26/sta-award-why-the-shortlist-is-making-history |archive-date=2022-11-29 |issn=0261-3077}}] |
| {{Sortname|Denise|Riley}}
| |
| {{Sortname|Kae|Tempest}}
| |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2017
|{{sortname|Helen|Dunmore}}
|Inside the Wave {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |last=Cockburn |first=Harry |date=2018-01-03 |title=Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for poetry written weeks before she died |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/helen-dunmore-posthumous-costa-award-for-poetry-win-a8138986.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207024730/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/helen-dunmore-posthumous-costa-award-for-poetry-win-a8138986.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Awards: Costa Winner; PEN America Lit Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3175 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192424/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3175 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Kayo|Chingonyi}}
|Kumukanda
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |last=Alison |first=Flood |date=2017-11-21 |title=Helen Dunmore's final poems lead shortlists for 2017 Costa prizes |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/21/helen-dunmores-final-poems-lead-shortlists-for-2017-costa-prizes |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206181623/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/21/helen-dunmores-final-poems-lead-shortlists-for-2017-costa-prizes |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 22, 2017 |title=Awards: Scotiabank Giller Winner; Costa Shortlists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3134 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209002319/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3134 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Sinéad|Morrissey}}
|On Balance |
| {{sortname|Richard|Osmond}}
|Useful Verses |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2018
|{{sortname|J. O.|Morgan}}
|Assurances
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |title=The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es named Costa Book of the Year 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1gF4PfT74lbBGG8tdXvnCc5/the-cut-out-girl-by-bart-van-es-named-costa-book-of-the-year-2018 |access-date=2022-02-06 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-01-04 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 8, 2019 |title=Awards: Costa Book Winners; Arabic Fiction Longlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3406 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192416/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3406 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Zaffar|Kunial}}
|Us
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |title=Shortlist, 2018 Costa Poetry Award – The Poetry Society |url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/2018costa/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Poetry Society |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193905/https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/2018costa/ |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Richard|Scott|nolink=1}}
|Soho |
| {{sortname|Hannah|Sullivan|nolink=}}
|Three Poems |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2019
|{{sortname|Mary Jean|Chan}}
|Flèche
|Winner
|[{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Martin |date=6 January 2020 |title=Costa Book Awards 2019 winners revealed |language=en |work=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/costa-book-awards-2019-winners-revealed-1.4131655 |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613083402/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/costa-book-awards-2019-winners-revealed-1.4131655 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Awards: Costa Book Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3649 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192407/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3649 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Jay|Bernard|nolink=|link=Jay Bernard (writer)}}
|Surge
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |title=These Are The 20 Books Nominated For The Costa 2019 Book Awards |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-costa-book-awards-2019-shortlist-has-been-released-itll-give-you-serious-reading-inspo-19407873 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Bustle |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193902/https://www.bustle.com/p/the-costa-book-awards-2019-shortlist-has-been-released-itll-give-you-serious-reading-inspo-19407873 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Paul|Farley|nolink=|link=}}
|{{sortname|The|Mizzy|nolink=1|link=}} |
| {{sortname|John|McCullough|nolink=1|link=}}
|Reckless Paper Birds |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2020
|{{sortname|Eavan|Boland}}
|The Historians
|Winner
|[{{cite web |date=January 2021 |title=Costa Book of the Year: 'Utterly original' Mermaid of Black Conch wins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55816858 |access-date=2021-02-03 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=2022-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607130700/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55816858 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |date=2021-05-01 |title=Eavan Boland scoops Costa Poetry Award for her final book |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/eavan-boland-scoops-costa-poetry-award-her-final-book |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Dublin City Council |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207023230/https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/eavan-boland-scoops-costa-poetry-award-her-final-book |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Awards: Costa Book Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3896 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209160244/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3896 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Caroline|Bird}}
|{{sortname|The |Air Year|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" | |
| {{sortname|Rachel|Long}}
|My Darling from the Lions |
| {{sortname|Martha|Sprackland}}
|Citadel |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2021
|{{sortname|Hannah|Lowe}}
|{{sortname|The |Kids|nolink=1}} {{blue ribbon}}
|Winner
|[{{Cite web |title=Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners announced |url=https://costanewsroom.vuelio.co.uk/press/press-releases/a657bbca-30fd-4330-81e0-3976bcc4a5ba/costa-book-awards-2021-category-winners-announced |access-date=2022-01-05 |website=Costa |archive-date=2022-01-05 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Leste |first=Daisy |date=2022-02-02 |title=This year's Costa Book Award's winner is based on a former teacher's experiences |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/costa-book-awards-2022-hannah-lowe-b2005811.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207023228/https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/costa-book-awards-2022-hannah-lowe-b2005811.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Awards: Costa Book of the Year Winner; Minnesota Book Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4161 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192419/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4161 |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Raymond|Antrobus}}
|All the Names Given
| rowspan="3" |Shortlist
| rowspan="3" |[{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2021-11-23 |title=Costa prize 2021 shortlists highlight climate anxiety |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/23/costa-prize-2021-shortlists-highlight-climate-anxiety |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207023228/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/23/costa-prize-2021-shortlists-highlight-climate-anxiety |url-status=live }}] |
| {{sortname|Kayo|Chingonyi}}
|{{sortname|A |Blood Condition|nolink=1}} |
| {{sortname|Victoria|Kennefick}}
|Eat or We Both Starve |