Cash award for literature awards increased for literati for their works as of 2020

The government presents the national literature lifetime achievement award, the national literature award in 18 genres and Sarpay Beikman manuscripts award in 14 genres to literati yearly.
Aiming to encourage and develop Myanmar literary arena, honouring literati and flourishing good literature, the government amended the prizes of the awards as K10 million for national literature lifetime achievement award, K3 million for the winners in the national literature award, K1.5 million for the first prize winner, K1 million for the second and K700,000 for the third in the Sarpay Beikman manuscripts award for the works as of 2020. —MNA