Process
Award winners in five books categories are chosen from shortlists by five distinct panels of judges.
- Best novel
- Best first novel
- Children's book
- Poetry
- Biography
Each of five book award winners receives £5,000. One of them is then named Costa Book of the Year with a further £25,000 prize. That overall award is determined by a panel comprising five judges from the first round and four new ones. (The new short story prize is £3,500.)
Authors need not be British or Irish but they must have been resident in the UK or Ireland for at least six months in each of the previous three years.
The winning short story will be determined by public vote from a shortlist of six that are selected by a panel of judges. The process is "blind" at both stages for the unpublished entries are anonymous until the conclusion.
- Short story
As of 28 November 2012, the six short story finalists had been published anonymously online and the public vote was underway. The winner will be announced 29 January 2013.
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