The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, which aims at "promoting Indian literature throughout the world".

The Akademi annually confers on writers of "the most outstanding books of literary merit".

[1] Instituted in 1954, the award recognizes and promotes excellence in writing and acknowledge new trends.

The annual process of selecting awardees runs for the preceding twelve months.

As of 2024[update], the award consists of an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cash prize of ₹1 lakh (US$1,200).