The Kerala State Film Award for Best Story is an honour, begun in 1969, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Award of India to a writer for the best story in a Malayalam film. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the awards have been constituted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The awardees are decided by an independent jury constituted every year. They are announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister.
Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 51 Best Story awards to 44 different writers. The recipients receive a figurine, a certificate, and a cash prize of . As of 2020, the only writer to have won the prize in consecutive years is Padmarajan, in 1978 and 1979.
Winners Year Story writer Film Director1969Thoppil BhasiMooladhanamP.Bhaskaran1970ParappurathAra Nazhika NeramK. S. Sethumadhavan1971UroobUmmachuP. Bhaskaran1972ParappurathPanitheeratha VeeduK.S.Sethumadhavan1973Vaikom Chandrasekharan NairMadhavikkuttyThoppil Bhasi1974PammanChattakariK. S. Sethumadhavan1975K. B. SreedeviNiramaalaP. Ramdas1976 No award1977 No award1978 No award1979Balachandra MenonUthrada RathriBalachandra Menon1979PadmarajanPeruvazhiyambalamPadmarajan1980Perumbadavam SreedharanSurya DahamMohan1981M. SukumaranSheshakriyaRavi Alumoodu1982Vijayan KarottuMarmaramBharathan1983M. T. Vasudevan NairAaroodamI. V. Sasi1984ThikkodiyanIthirippove ChuvannapooveBharathan1985M. T. Vasudevan Nair, KG GeorgeAnubandham, Irakal I. V. Sasi, KG George, 2 July 20061986Sathyan AnthikkadT. P. Balagopalan M.A.Sathyan Anthikkad1987A. K. LohithadasThaniyavarthanamSibi Malayil1988MadhavikuttyRugminiK. P. Kumaran1989Vaikom Muhammad BasheerMathilukalAdoor Gopalakrishnan1990C. V. SreeramanVasthuharaG. Aravindan1991SreenivasanSandeshamSathyan Anthikad1992M. MukundanDaivathinte VikrithikalLenin Rajendran1993ZachariaVidheyanAdoor Gopalakrishnan1994M. T. Vasudevan NairSukruthamHarikumar1995M. SukumaranKazhakamM.P.Sukumaran Nair1996T. A. RazzaqKanakkinavuSibi Malayil1997SethuPoothiruvathira RaavilV.R.Gopinath1998P. T. Kunju MuhammedGarshomP. T. Kunju Muhammed1999P. BalachandranPunaradhivasamV. K. Prakash2000R. SarathSayahnamR. Sarath2001T. K. Rajeev KumarSeshamT. K. Rajeev Kumar2002T. A. RazzaqAayirathil OruvanSibi Malayil2003Aryadan ShoukathPaadam Onnu: Oru VilapamT. V. Chandran2004T. A. RazzaqPerumazhakkalamKamal2005Aryadan ShoukathDaivanamathilJayaraj2006James AlbertClassmatesLal Jose2007P. T. Kunju MuhammedParadesiHimself2008Aryadan ShoukathVilapangalkappuramT. V. Chandran2009Sashi ParavoorKadakshamHimself2010Mohan SharmaGramamHimself2011M. MohananManikya KalluHimself2012Manoj KanaChayilyamManoj Kana2013Aneesh AnwarZachariayude GarbhinikalAneesh Anwar2014Sidhartha SivaAinSidhartha Siva2015Hari KumarKaattum MazhayumHari Kumar2016Salim KumarKarutha Joothan Salim Kumar2017M. A. NishadKinarM. A. Nishad2018Joy MathewUncleGirish Damodar2019Shahul AliyarVasanthiRahman Brothers2020Senna HegdeThinkalazhcha NishchayamSenna Hegde2021Shahi KabirNayattuMartin Prakkat2022Kamal K. M.PadaKamal KSkariah2023Adarsh Sukumaran, Paulson SkariaKaathal - The CoreJeo Baby2024Prasanna VithanageParadise
References
Official website PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List