Each of the five Award Categories has a panel of three judges. To read more
about this year's Category Award Judges,
click here.
The final judging panel comprises one member from each of the five category
judging panels (all authors), plus four other people - including the Chairman -
from outside the book world who enjoy reading and whose opinions we feel the
book-loving public would respect, and be interested in. The final
judging panel selects the overall Costa Book of the Year from the five Award
Winners. To read more about this year's final judges, click here.
Each year, three young judges join the Children's Book Award judging
panel. To read about this year's Young
Judges, click here. Each of our young judges receives a £100 book token
kindly donated by National Book Tokens. For more information about National Book
Tokens, click here.