Belagavi-based Betageri Krishna Sharma Memorial Trust announced the yearly awards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 for elder and young writers of the country.
Senior writer H.S. Shivaprakash has been selected for the yearly poesy prize, thinker G. Ramakrishna for the journalism grant and B.T. Jahnavi for the communicative award.
District in-charge Minister Satish Jarkiholi volition contiguous the awards astatine a programme to beryllium held astatine the Kumar Gandharva Hall successful Belagavi connected Tuesday.
The 3 awards transportation a currency prize of ₹50,000 each, spot president Vinaya Okkunda told reporters present connected Sunday.
“We person selected 3 radical for the Yuva Sahitya Puraskar. The 2023 grant went to K. Akshata from Shivamogga, the 2024 grant went to Wilson Kateel from Mangaluru and the 2025 grant went to Arif Raja from Raichur. These awards transportation a currency prize of ₹10,000 each,” she said.
“In the State-level communicative contention for the young, Manikantha Godamani won the archetypal place, Santosh Nayak the 2nd and Prahlada D.M. the third. In the State-level younker poesy competition, Sree Vidya won the archetypal place, Manjula G.H. the second, Shivaraj Arali the 3rd and Sree Mudradi the fourth. They volition besides beryllium awarded prizes,” she said.
Member H.B. Kolkar, caput Vidyavathi Bhajantri and others were present.

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