Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award was an annual literary award given to literary works in Kannada by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is given to individual books published in various genres including poetry, novel, short fiction, criticism, travel writing, translation, children's writing etc., as well as for the complete contribution of a writer to Kannada literature.
Instituted in 1983, it has been given to some of the most eminent writers in Kannada including P. Lankesh, U. R. Ananthamurthy, K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi, B. T. Lalitha Naik, Niranjana, Jayanta Kaikini and K. Y. Narayanaswamy.
The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the books for which they won.