- Source: BRAC Bank-Samakal Literature Award
BRAC Bank and Daily Samakal launched the literary award in 2011 to inspire writers and litterateurs to further enriching Bangla literature with their creative works. Later, Young Writer's Award was dedicated in memory of late legendary novelist Humayun Ahmed. It's also known as BRAC Bank-Samakal Shahitya Puroshkar. The award given in three categories:
poetry and novel category
essay, autobiography, travel story and translation category
Humayun Ahmed Young Writer category
Since its inception the literary award has generated huge enthusiasm in literary community of Bangladesh. Each year in all category more than four hundred books submitted to get award. A total of 472 books were submitted in 2015 for the three categories.
Winners list
= 2011
=Syed Shamsul Haq
Dravid Saikot
Hasan Azizul Haq
= 2012
=Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman
Bulbul Chowdhury
Shuvashis Sinha
= 2013
=Moinul Ahsan Saber
Mashrur Arefin
Badrun Nahar
= 2014
=Harishangkar Jaldas
Sushmita Islam
Muzib Erom
= 2015
=Nirmalendu Goon
Rajkumar Singha
Swakrita Noman
= 2016
=Ahmad Rafique
Jyoti Prakash Dutta
Mazhar Sircar
= 2017
=Jatin Sarker
Syed Manzoorul Islam
Pias Majid
= 2018
=Sanjida Khatun
Selina Hossain
Swaralipi
= 2019
=Prof Serajul Islam Choudhury
Helal Hafiz
Mozaffor Hossain
= 2020
=Afsan Chowdhury
Mohammad Rofiq
Ronjona Bishwas
