An award instituted by P. Kunhiraman Nair Trust and the award included a prize money of Rs. 30,000, a citation and a statue.
| Year | Work(s) | Awardees |
| 1997 | Malayalam | Sachidanandan |
| 1998 | Chandanazhi | Prabhavarma |
| 1999 | Utsavabali | Puthussery Ramachandran |
| 2000 | Maravi Ezhuthunnathu | Deshamangalam Ramakrishnan |
| 2001 | Mazhathan Mattetho Mugham | Vijayalakshmi |
| 2002 | E Purathana Kinnaram | O.N.V. Kurup |
| 2003 | Samasthakeralam P.O | D. Vinayachandran |
| 2004 | Ottayal Pattalam | Chemmanam Chacko |
| 2005 | Poems of Attoor Ravivarma- Vol II | Attoor Ravivarma |
| 2006 | Poems of Ayyappa Panicker | Ayyappa Panicker |
| 2007 | Manalezhuthu | Sugathakumari |
| 2008 | K.G.S. Kavithakal | K.G. Sankarapillai |
| 2009 | Utharayanam | Vishnunarayanan Nampoothiri |
| 2010 | Sushamayude Sangeetham | P.K. Gopi |
| 2011 | Jalasamadhi | Prof. Ettumanoor Somadasan |
| 2012 | Poems of Kurippuzha Sreekumar | Kurippuzha Sreekumar |
| Katte Kadale | P.P Ramachandran | |
| 2013 | Poems of Sebastain | Sebastain |
