Ezhuthachan award
Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, is the kerala State government’s highest literary honour.The award is named after the father of Malayalam literature and medieval poet Thunchath Ezhuthachan. The award carries Rs.1 lakh, citation and a statuette
winner in 2012 Poet Attur Ravi Varma
M.T. Vasudevan Nair (2011)
winner in 2010 Dr M Leelavathy

winner in 2009 Sugathakumari

The past winners are Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1993); Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1994); Balamani Amma (1995); K. M. George (1996); Ponkunnam Varkey (1997); M.P. Appan (1998); K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1999); Pala Narayanan Nair (2000), O.V. Vijayan (2001); Kamala Suraiya (2002); T. Padmanabhan (2003); Sukumar Azhikode (2004); S. Guptan Nair (2005); Kovilan (2006); O.N.V. Kurup (2007); Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri (2008)