Sahitya Akademi Awards 23 Young and 24 Child Authors Across 24 Languages

Sahitya Akademi declared Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025. Yuva Puraskar was presented to 23 young writers. Bal Sahitya Puraskar was awarded to 24 child writers. The awards were set to appreciate exemplary literary works in 24 Indian languages. All these prizes are to encourage young literary ingenuity and raise linguistic variety.

Context

• In 2025 the Sahitya Akademi introduced the Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar honoring 23 young writers and 24 child writers respectively. 
• Covering the linguistic and creative diversity of India, the youth, and its children, the awards take pride in literary excellence across the 24 officially recognized Indian languages, as well as the linguistic and creative output of Indian youth and children.

Yuva Puraskar 2025

• About
  • It was established in 2011
  • Awards literary original works by a writer who is below 35 years of age
  • it aids 24 Indian languages, along with English
• Award Components
  • INR 50000 cash reward
  • Copper-engraved plaque
  • Citation
• Eligibility Criteria
  • Creative or critical work of originality
  • Last. Published less than 5 years ago
  • Aspirants will not be eligible: translations, theses, abridgements, e-books, posthumous publication, and publications made by NRIs, PIOs or dual citizens
• Selection Process
  • Public advertisement of posts
  • First pre-filtering by judges
  • The arbitration of a three member language jury
  • The Executive Board approval
  • The awarding of winners is commonly done via an official event

Bal Sahitya Puraskar 25 2025

• About the Award
  • It started in 2010
  • Promotes children paintings between 9 to 16 years literature
  • The entire 24 languages approved by Sahitya Akademi as Indian languages
• Award Components
  • Cash prize of Rs. 50,000
  • Engraved plaque
  • Citation, shawl
• Eligibility Criteria
  • Original and creative children's work
  • Released 5 years or less ago
  • The works that should be posthumously competed should be those where the author died within 5 years
  • Unsuitable: translations, anthologies, theses, abridgements and writings by Akademi members or Board of Directors

Who is Sahitya Akademi?

• Overview
  • Sahitya Akademi was founded in 1952 and inaugurated in 1954, as the National Academy of Letters in India.
  • It also wants to appreciate and propagate Indian writings in various languages.
  • In 1956, It was registered as a society under Society registration act 1860.
  • Some of the most prestigious literary awards in India are the Sahitya Akademi Awards.
  • There are awards for excellent books in 22 languages of the 8th Schedule, in addition to English and Rajasthani.

Important Prizes and Roles

• Sahitya Akademi Awards: Awarded in recognition of excellent books, written in the 23 languages in the 8th schedule, along with English and Rajasthani
• Translation Awards: Outstanding performance in translating works to Indian languages
• Bhasha Samman: on the contribution to less well-known, classical, and medieval Indian languages
• Fellowships The Kundhi Anand Coomaraswamy and Premchand fellowships to outstanding writers
• Produces literature journals, literary collections, monographs and history books

Conclusion

The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar are great platforms in giving exposure to young and budding talent in Indian literature. These prizes are enhancing a vibrant and open society of literature and are also representative of the crucial position of Akademi in promoting the literary tradition of India that is multilingual in nature.