The Costa Poetry Award

Costa Coffee announced 1 June 2006 a new sponsorship deal and took over the prestigious Whitbread Book Awards.

The Poetry Award winner receives £5,000. See the Costa Book Awards site.

2008 shortlist

For All We Know

Ciaran Carson

The Broken Word

Adam Foulds

Sunday at the Skin Launderette

Kathryn Simmonds

Salvation Jane

Greta Stoddart

2007

Tilt Winner

Jean Sprackland

The Speed of Dark

Ian Duhig

The Space of Joy

John Fuller

Look We Have Coming to Dover!

Daljit Nagra

2006

Letter to Patience Winner

John Haynes

The Book of Blood

Vicki Feaver

District and Circle

Seamus Heaney

Dear Room

Hugo Williams