Sayawun Tin Shwe Award

The Sayawun Tin Shwe Literary Award (Burmese: ဆရာဝန်တင်ရွှေဆု) has been presented annually since November 2002 under the patronage of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association (MWJA). Non-fiction books published in the previous year are eligible. The awards are named after the writer Sayawun Tin Shwe.[1] The awards complement the government's National Literary Awards and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards and the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award, Thuta Swesone literary award and Tun Foundation award.[2]

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  2. ^ "Myanmar strives for press media development in new gov't era". Xinhua. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.