Costa Poetry Award
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The Costa Poetry Award is a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of poetry, formerly given under the Whitbread Book Awards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Costa Poetry Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costa Poetry Award Context triple: [Whitbread Book of the Year, hasPart, Costa Poetry Award]
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A.
Lamont Poetry Prize
The Lamont Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award presented by the Academy of American Poets to recognize an outstanding second book of poetry.
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B.
Witter Bynner Poetry Prize
The Witter Bynner Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry.
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C.
Glascock Poetry Prize
The Glascock Poetry Prize is a prestigious collegiate poetry award historically associated with emerging poets such as Sylvia Plath.
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D.
Jackson Poetry Prize
The Jackson Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award honoring exceptional mid-career poets for their outstanding contributions to contemporary poetry.
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E.
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award presented annually to recognize outstanding works of poetry by writers from British Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costa Poetry Award Target entity description: The Costa Poetry Award is a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of poetry, formerly given under the Whitbread Book Awards.
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A.
Lamont Poetry Prize
The Lamont Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award presented by the Academy of American Poets to recognize an outstanding second book of poetry.
-
B.
Witter Bynner Poetry Prize
The Witter Bynner Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry.
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C.
Glascock Poetry Prize
The Glascock Poetry Prize is a prestigious collegiate poetry award historically associated with emerging poets such as Sylvia Plath.
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D.
Jackson Poetry Prize
The Jackson Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award honoring exceptional mid-career poets for their outstanding contributions to contemporary poetry.
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E.
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award presented annually to recognize outstanding works of poetry by writers from British Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
ⓘ
poetry award ⓘ |
| awardCategoryOf | Costa Book Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor | best poetry book of the year in the Costa Book Awards ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding collections of poetry ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discontinued | 2022 ⓘ |
| eligibility |
authors writing in English
ⓘ
books first published in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
literature
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| formerlyAdministeredAs | Whitbread Book Awards poetry category NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Whitbread Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAwardType |
literary recognition
ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ |
| hasCategoryWithinSeries | one of five Costa Book Award categories ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
shortlist
ⓘ
winner ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| inceptionAsWhitbreadPoetryAward | 1971 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorksAwarded | English ⓘ |
| location | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mediaTypeOfWorksAwarded | printed books ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Costa Coffee brand ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Alice Oswald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carol Ann Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Shapcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | Costa Coffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Costa Coffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Costa Book Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Whitbread Book Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | British literature ⓘ |
| renamedAsCostaPoetryAward | 2006 ⓘ |
| replaced | Whitbread Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by a panel of judges ⓘ |
| sponsor | Costa Coffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsorType | corporate sponsor ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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