The state government declared a Literary Pension for the year 2023-2024. A total of 23 litterateurs from Assam are shortlisted for the literary award.
The shortlisted litterateurs are: Sahitya Akademi Award winner Sitaram Basumatary of Baksa district, senior Bengali author from Cachar District Jaya Deb, senior Bishnupuriya author from Cachar District Champa Lal Sinha, author and history writer from Dhemaji District Bagen Gogoi, senior author of Dimasa Language from Dima Hasao district Anupama Naiding, Author and researcher from Goalpara district, Dr. Paritosh Chakkravorty, author and researcher from Goalpara Dr. Malina Rabha, author of mythology from Golaghat district; Jhoola Sharma, noted poet from Golaghat district; Cheniram Gogoi, author of mythology and Ramayani Sahitya from Jorhat district Dr. Malini, senior writer from Jorhat district Dr. Akon Chandra Saikia, senior author from Jorhat district Binanda Chandra Puzari, senior writer from Kamrup (M) Railakshmi Khound, veteran writer and translator from Kamrup (M) Anil Kumar Boruah, Prakashan Parishad Sahitya Bota winner from Kamrup (M) Dr Nandita Devi, Sahitya Akademi Award winner from Kamrup (M) Jayanta Madhab Bora, noted Bengali writer from Kamrup (M) Renuka Biswas, Sahitya Akademy award winner from Kokrajhar district Pratima Nandi Narzaree, noted poet from tea garden community from Sibsagar Bijoy Rabi Das, children litterateur from Sonitpur District Dilip Kumar Bara, noted Nepali writer and author from Sonitpur district Gyan Bahadur Kshetri, senior poet from Kamrup (M) Sumitra Goswami, writer and educationist from Dibrugarh district Mohan Sonowal.