The Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Literature Award is constituted by the Government of Chhattisgarh to honour people who have extraordinary contribution in the field of literature. The award carries a prize money of Rupees Two lakh and a citation. The awards are given once every year on first November. This is the most prestigious state award.
Pandit Sunderlal Sharma award has been conferred to Motivational speaker Ujjwal Patni[1] from Chhattisgarh, Pardeshiram Verma,[2] Daneshwar Verma,[3] Bimal Pathak etc.[4] Ujjwal Patni[5] is the youngest awardee.