Awards and Honors of Bihar
The Government of Bihar State gives awards and honors to distinguished persons of different fields on the occasion of 26th January, 15th August or other special occasions. The awardees are given citation, cash prizes and shawl.
Bihar Vishyak Granth : Land, natural regions, art and daily life
Dr. Grierson Prize : Books written on folk language of Bihar (Maithili & Magadhi)
Bhikhari Thakur Prize : Books written in Bhojpuri language
Dr. Father kalim Bulke Prize : Poems written in Hindi on Bhakti literature, drama, novel, research, critical appreciation of original volume
Vidhyakar Kavi Prize : Hindi books written in different aspects in state language
All India Granth Puraskar : Indian Culture, Modern Indian Literature, National Integration, Comparative Study of Indian literature and other Indian languages.
Chanakya Prize : Political Science
Mandan Mishra Prize : Religion and Philosophy
Vidyapati Prize : Lok Sahitya written in Hindi
Arya Bhatt Prize : Science
Upendra Maharathi Prize : Art & Sculpture
Ayodhya Prasad Khatri Prize : Hindi language and Script
Kashi Prashad Jaiswal Prize : History and Sanskrit
Raja Radhika Raman Prasad
Singh Prize : Novel and Story
Shiv Pujan Sahai Prize : Literature, remembrance and journey
Rambriksha Benipuri Prize : Drama and Stage
Kedarnath Mishra ‘Prabhat’ Prize : Poem
Nalin Vilochan Sharma : Review
Gorakhnath Singh Prize : Economics
Dr. Sachidanand Sinha Prize : Law literature
Amarnath Jha Prize : Child literature
Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu Prize : Published Research paper related with Hindi language and literature
Gopal Singh Nepali Prize : Navgeet
Phanishwar Nath Renu Prize : Regional Story writing & Literature
Rashriya Kavi Dinkar Samman : Literature
Mahadevi Verma Prize : Literature
Radha Mohan Awards : Contemporary Art
Kumud Sharma Award : Female Artist
Sita Devi Award : Folk Art
Phaniswar Nath Renu Prize : Bihar Shikhar Samman
List of Academy that gives literary awards in Bihar
Sangeet Natak Academy
Lalit Kala Academy
Hindi Granth Academy
Sanskrit Academy
Bangla Academy
Urdu Academy
South Indian Language Academy
Tribal Language Academy
Bhojpuri Academy
Maithili Academy
Magadhi Academy