The Balamani Amma Award instituted by the Kochi International Book Festival Committee award, instituted in the memory of poet Balamani Amma,
| Year | Recipient |
| 2008 | Kakkanadan |
| 2011 | C. Radhakrishnan |
| 2012 | Yusuf Ali Kechery |
| 2013 | P. Valsala |
| 2014 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| 2015 | C. Balakrishnan |
| 2016 | — |
| 2017 | K. L. Mohana Varma |
| 2018 | Sreekumaran Thampi |
| 2019 | T. Padmanabhan |