The Costa Book Award for Poetry, formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971–2006), was an annual literary award for poetry collections, part of the Costa Book Awards. The award concluded 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 Poetry winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.1971Mercian HymnsWinnerNo award presented 1972-19841985Elegies Winner1986StetWinner1987The Haw LanternWinner1988The Automatic OracleWinner1989ShibbolethWinner1990Daddy, DaddyWinner1991Gorse FiresWinner1992The Gaze of the GorgonWinner1993Mean TimeWinner1994Out of DangerWinner1995GunpowderWinnerThe Dead Sea PoemsShortlistThe Shadow of Hiroshima and other film/poemsRest for the Wicked1996The Spirit Level WinnerSafe as HousesShortlistThe Thing in the Gap-Stone StileExpanded UniversesThe Wound-dresser's Dream 1997Tales from Ovid WinnerCloudCuckooLandShortlistSugar-Paper blue VioletExpanded UniversesAssembling a Ghost1998Birthday Letters WinnerThe Wasting GameShortlistThe Boy from the Chemist is Here to See you1999Beowulf: A New Verse Translation WinnerApproximately NowhereShortlistAlcestisThe Eyes2000The Asylum DanceWinnerConjureShortlistCollected PoemsGranny ScarecrowFloods2001BunnyWinnerThe Age of Cardboard and StringShortlistIf I don't knowPanoramic Lounge-Bar2002The Ice AgeWinnerSomething for the GhostsShortlistVoodoo ShopThe Beautiful Lie2003Landing LightWinnerMinskShortlistInk StoneHard Water2004CorpusWinnerThese DaysShortlistGhostsGround WaterCorpus2005Cold CallsWinnerLegionShortlistLucky DayMarabou2006Letter to PatienceWinnerThe Book of BloodShortlistDistrict and CircleDear Room2007TiltWinnerThe Speed of DarkShortlistThe Space of JoyLook We Have Coming to Dover!2008The Broken WordWinnerFor All We KnowShortlistSunday at the Skin LaunderetteSalvation Jane2009A Scattering WinnerAngels Over ElsinoreShortlistOne Eye'd LeighDarwin: A Life in Poems2010Of Mutability WinnerStandard MidlandShortlistThe Wrecking LightNew Light for the Old Dark2011The BeesWinnerNightShortlistFiereNovember2012The OverhaulWinnerBee JournalShortlistThe World's Two Smallest HumansPeople Who Like Meatballs2013DrysalterWinnerDante, The Divine ComedyShortlistDivision StreetHill of Doors2014My Family and Other SuperheroesWinnerThe Whole and Rain-domed UniverseShortlistA Double Sorrow: Troilus and CriseydeThe Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion201540 SonnetsWinnerPhysicalShortlistThe ObservancesTalking Dead2016Falling AwakeWinnerShortlist2017Inside the Wave WinnerKumukandaShortlistOn BalanceUseful Verses2018AssurancesWinnerUsShortlistSohoThree Poems2019FlècheWinnerSurgeShortlistReckless Paper Birds 2020The HistoriansWinnerShortlistMy Darling from the LionsCitadel2021 WinnerAll the Names GivenShortlistEat or We Both Starve
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