From the very beginning , Utkal Sahitya Samaj has taken initiative to give awards to different people involved in creative writing. There are twenty five awards such as:

1. Fakhir Mohan Kshyudra Galpa Samman
2. Gangadhar Meher Kabita Samman
3. Gopinath Nanda Prabandha Samman
4. Utkal Ratna – The most prestigious honour is conferred upon a person of national and international repute. Recipients of such prestigious awards are :
   1. Sri Radhanath Rath
   2. Sri Sachidananda Routray
   3. Justice Ranganath Mishra
   4. Dr. Satyanaryan Rajguru
   5. Dr. Sharat Chandra Mishra
   6. Sri Sunanda Pattnaik
   7. Sri Manoj Das
   8. Sri Chittaranjan Das
   9. Sri Gangadhar Rath
   10. Sri Shatrughan Nath
   11. Sri Annapurna Maharana
   12. Sri Nityananda Mohapatra
   13. Sri Gurucharan Pattanaik
   14. Sri Gouri Kumar Brahma
   15. Sri Bibudhendra Mishra
   16. Sri Rabi Ray (Ex. Speaker Loksabha)
   17. Sri Janki Ballava Pattanaik (Ex. Chief Minister Odisha)
   18. Miss Tulsi Munda (Eminent Social Worker)
   19. Sri Nilamani Sahu
   20. Sri Jayanta Mohapatra (Eminent Writer)
   21. Sri Ramakanta Panda
   22. Justice Arijit Pashayat