The 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 11 July 2013. The Akademi fellowships and the awards for overall contribution were announced in October 2013.

Winners Category Recipient Work Poetry S. Joseph Uppante Kooval Varakkunnu Novel E. Santhosh Kumar Andhakaranazhi Story Satheesh Babu Payyannur Peramaram Drama M. N. Vinayakumar Mariman Kanni Literary criticism N. K. Ravindran Pennezhuthunna Jeevitham Autobiography/Biography S. Jayachandran Nair Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal Travelogue Santhosh George Kulangara Baltic Diary Humour P. P. Hameed Oru Nano Kinavu Scholarly literature Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan Samskaramudrakal Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s literature N. P. Hafiz MohamadKuttipattalathinte Kerala Paryadanam Translation Dr. S. Sreenivasan Marubhoomi(Translation of Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio) Overall Contribution K. P. SankaranKarur SasiG. PriyadarshanK. M. Govi

Endowments I. C. Chacko Award: V. K. Hariharanunnithan (Malayala Chinthakal) C. B. Kumar Award: M. Mukundan (Adhunikatha Innevide?) K.R. Namboodiri Award: V. S. Warrier (Sree Buddhan: Jeevitham Darsanam Matham) Kuttipuzha Award: K. E. N. Kunjahammed (Samooham, Sahityam, Samskaram) Kanakasree Award: Prakasan Madikkai (Moonnu Kallukalkkidayil) Geetha Hiranyan Award: G.R. Indugopan (Rathriyil Autoyil Oru Manushyan) G. N. Pillai Award: N. P. Sajeesh (Drisya Desangalude Bhoopadam)

Fellowships M. P. Veerendra Kumar Paul Zacharia

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