Minister for Fisheries, Culture and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian will give away the O.V. Vijayan Memorial Literary Awards at a function to be held at O.V. Vijayan Memorial at Thasrak near here on Sunday. The Minister will also inaugurate the renovated road to the O.V. Vijayan Memorial. The road was reconstructed by spending ₹92 lakh under the inland fisheries development scheme of the Fisheries department.

A. Prabhakaran, MLA, will preside over the function. V.K. Sreekandan, MP, will be the chief guest. Writers E. Santhosh Kumar, Santhosh Echikkanam, and Shafi Poovathinkal are the winners of the O.V. Vijayan Memorial Literary Awards 2024.

Santhosh Kumar won the award for his novel Jnanabharam, Santhosh Echikkanam for his short story anthology Kavana, and Shafi Poovathinkal won the award for the young writer’s unpublished story for his work Raqeebinum Atheedinum Idayile Nunakal.

The awards for the novel and the short story collection will comprise a plaque, a citation and a cash prize of ₹25,000. The award for the young writer’s unpublished story will have a cash prize of ₹10,000 along with a plaque and a citation.