Oriya literature and Sahitya Akademi Awards have been interlinekd since 1955, with the most memorable writers and authors being felicitated for their special and extraordinary contribution to Indian regional literature. Sahitya Akademi has been involved in such a job being honoured also by the Government of India, considered most exalting and ennobling. Oriya literature and their writers were incidental to not accomplish any awards in 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1968.
| Year | Book | Author |
| 2009 | Fani Mohanty (poem) | Mrugaya |
| 2007 | Sukha Sanhita (Poetry) | Dipak Mishra |
| 2006 | Swarodaya (Poetry) | Banshidhar Sarangi |
| 2005 | Gopapura (Short Stories) | Ramachandra Behera |
| 2004 | Bharatiya Sanskruti O Bhagwadgita (Essays) | Prafulla Kumar Mohanty |
| 2003 | Suryasnata (Criticism) | Jatindra Mohan Mohanty |
| 2002 | Gandhi Manisha (Biography) | Sarat Kumar Mohanty |
| 2001 | Tanmaya Dhuli (Poetry) | Pratibha Satpathy |
| 2000 | Ullanghan (Short stories) | Pratibha Ray |
| 1999 | Garbhagriha (Poetry) | Haraprasad Das |
| 1998 | Biswaku Gabakhya (Criticism) | Chitta Ranjan Das |
| 1997 | Sabutharu Dirgharati (Short stories) | Chandrasekhar Rath |
| 1996 | Mo Jeevana Sangrama (Autobiography) | Satyanarayan Rajaguru |
| 1995 | Kavyasilpi Gangadhara (Criticism) | Govind Chandra Udgata |
| 1994 | Jagata Darshanare Jagannatha (Cultural study) | Guru Charan Patnaik |
| 1993 | Chalanti Tagorea (Short stories) | Santanu Kumar Acharya |
| 1992 | Bichitra Barna (Short stories) | Rabi Pattnayak |
| 1991 | Ahnika (Poetry) | Jagannath Prasad Das |
| 1990 | Pata Dei (Short stories) | Binapani Mohanty |
| 1989 | Nai Aarapari (Poetry) | Bhanuji Rao |
| 1988 | Akash Pari Nibida (Poetry) | Sourindra Barik |
| 1987 | Gharadiha(Novel) | Nityananda Mahapatra |
| 1986 | Dwa Suparna (Poetry) | Soubhagyakumar Misra |
| 1985 | Saila Kalpa (Poetry) | Rajendra K. Panda |
| 1984 | Abhisapta Gandharba (Short stories) | Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo |
| 1983 | Gan Majlis (Volume III) (Essays) | Harekrushna Mehtab |
| 1982 | Hasyarasar Natak (One-act Plays) | Gopal Chhotrai |
| 1981 | O Andhagali (Short stories) | Akhilmohan Patnaik |
| 1980 | Abantar (Poetry) | Ananta Patnaik |
| 1979 | Mo Kahani (Autobiography) | Kunjabihari Das |
| 1978 | Saptama Ritu (Poetry) | Ramakanta Rath |
| 1977 | Kumbhara Chaka (Autobiography) | Kali Charan Patnaik |
| 1976 | Tagorea Ghara (Short stories) | Kishori Charan Das |
| 1975 | Surya O Andhakar (Poetry) | Radha Mohan Gadanayak |
| 1974 | Sabdar Akash (Poetry) | Sitakant Mahapatra |
| 1973 | Samudra Snana (Poetry) | G.P. Mohanty |
| 1972 | Manojdasank Katha O Kahini (Short stories) | Manoj Das |
| 1971 | Aranya Fasal (Play) | Manoranjan Das |
| 1970 | Sarisrupa (Poetry) | Binod Chandra Nayak |
| 1969 | Nila Saila (Novel) | Surendra Mohanty |
| 1967 | Odiya Sahityara itihas (History of Literature) | Suryanarayan Das |
| 1966 | Banka O Sidha (Poetry) | Godavarish Mahapatra |
| 1965 | Uttarayana (Poetry) | Baikunthanath Patnaik |
| 1964 | Atmajibani (Autobiography) | Nilakantha Das |
| 1963 | Kabita and 1962 (Poetry) both by | Satchidananda Raut Roy |
| 1961 | Ardhasatabdir Odisa O Tanhire Mo Sthan (Autobiography) | Godavaris Mishra |
| 1958 | Ka (Novel) | Kanhucharan Mohanty |
| 1955 | Amrutara Santan (Novel) | Gopinath Mohanty |
