Award institued by Vallathol Sahitya Samithi with a prize money of Rs. 1,11,111 and a citation.
| Year | Awardees |
| 1991 | Pala Narayanan Nair |
| 1992 | Ponkunnam Varkey |
| 1993 | Vaikom Muhammed Basheer |
| 1994 | Balamaniamma |
| 1995 | M.P.Appan |
| 1996 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
| 1997 | Akitham Achuthan Nampoothiri |
| 1998 | Dr. K.M. George |
| 1999 | Prof. S. Guptan Nair |
| 2000 | P. Bhaskaran |
| 2001 | T. Padmanabhan |
| 2002 | Dr. M. Leelavathy |
| 2003 | Sugathakumari |
| 2004 | Ayyappa Panicker |
| 2005 | M.T. Vasudevan Nair |
| 2006 | O.N.V. Kurup |
| 2007 | Dr. Sukumar Azhikode |
| 2008 | Dr. Puthussery Ramachandran |
| 2009 | Kavalam Narayana Panicker |
| 2010 | Vishnunarayanan Nampoothiri |
| 2011 | C. Radhakrishnan |
| 2012 | Yusaf Ali Kechery |
| 2013 | Perumbadavam Sreedharan |
| 2014 | P. Narayana Kurup |
| 2015 | Anand |
| 2016 | Sreekumaran Thampi |
| 2017 | Prabha Varma |
