Winner of the Costa First Novel 2021
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Shortlist
- A.K. Blakemore The Manningtree Witches
- Emily Itami Fault Lines Phoenix
- Kate Sawyer The Stranding Coronet
Winner of the Costa Novel Award
Winner 2021
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Shortlist
- Jessie Greengrass The High House
- Nadifa Mohamed The Fortune Men
- Elif Shafak The Island of Missing Trees
Costa Biography Award
Winner 2021
Shortlist
- Arifa Akbar Consumed: A Sister’s Story
- Ed Caesar The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
- John Preston Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell
- Lea Ypi Free: Coming of Age at the End of History
Costa Poetry Award
Winner 2021
Shortlist
- Raymond Antrobus All the Names Given
- Kayo Chingonyi A Blood Condition
- Victoria Kennefick Eat or We Both Starve