Sahitya Akademi has announced Bal Sahitya Puraskar, in which five novelists, four writers of short stories, and three authors of poetries, among others, have been awarded for their contribution to children’s literature. The award comprises Rs 50,000 and a casket containing an inscribed copper plaque and a citation.

Winners List – Novelists

• Tiren Boro (Bodo)
• Sowmya Rajendran and Nivditha Subramaniam (English)
• Ramnath G Gawade (Konkani)
• Ramdeo Jha (Maithili)
• Mukti Upadhyay ‘Baral’ (Nepali)

Winners List – Short Stories 

• Nayeem Kashmiri (Kashmiri)
• Thokchom Thouyangba Meitei (Manipuri)
• Krishna Kumar ‘Ashu’ (Rajasthani)
• Janardhan Hegde (Sanskrit).

Winners List – Poetry Collections

• Tara Chand Kalandri (Dogri)
• Srikanta Saren (Santali)
• Sella Ganapathi (Tamil)

Bano Sartaj (Urdu) has been honoured for her book on a one act play.

Eli Ahmed (Assamese), Kartik Ghose (Bengali), Dhiruben PAtel (Gujarati), Sherjang Garg (Hindi), T S Nagraja Shetty (Kannada), Sivadas (Malayalam), Leeladhar Hegde (Marathi), Snehlata Mohanty (Odia), Sukhdev Madpuri (Punjab), Jetho Lalwani (Sindhi) and Chokappu Venkataramana (Telugu) have been honoured with the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2015 for their total contribution to Children’s Literature.