Ushnas Prize

Ushnas Prize
Shri Ushanas Paritoshik
Awarded for	Literary honour in Gujarat, India
Location	Ahmedabad
Country	India
Presented by	Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
First awarded	1982
Last awarded	2013
Currently held by	Chandrakant Desai
Official website	gujaratisahityaparishad.com

Ushnas Prize, also known as Shri Ushnas Paritoshik (Gujarati: શ્રી ઉશનસ્ પારિતોષિક) is a literary award in Gujarat, India and presented by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. The award is named after Gujarati poet Ushnas. Ushnas Prize is conferred every two year to the poet of the most outstanding long narrative poem or the series of sonnet published during that two years.^[1]

Recipients

The Ushnas Prize has been granted on every two year since 1982 to the following people:^[2]

Year	Recipient	Poem
1982-83	Chinu Modi	Bahuk
1984-85	Sitanshu Yashaschandra	Pralay
1986-87	Chandrakant Sheth	Padgha Ni Pele Paar
1988-89	Yagnesh Dave	Jatismar
1990-91	Ramprasad Shukla	Samay Najarayo
1992-93	not awarded	not awarded
1994-95	Pravin Pandya	Ajavasnan Matsya
1996-97	Manilal H. Patel	Dungar Kori Ghar Karya
1998-99	Bhanuprasad Pandya	Shabde Korya Shilp
2000-01	Nalin Raval	Mery Go Round
2002-03	Udayan Thakkar	Sellara
2004-05	not awarded	not awarded
2006-07	Yogesh Joshi	Jesalmer
2008-09	Rajesh Pandya	Samudra Kavyo
2010-11	Urvish Vasavda	Girnar Saad Pade
2012-13	Chandrakant Desai	Sonetanjali

References

1. Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 386. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
2. Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.