Shayda Award

Shayda Award
Certificate of Shayda Award
Awarded for	Excellence in ghazal poetry
Sponsored by	INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research
Country	India
Reward(s)	Rs. 10,000
First awarded	1998
Last awarded	2015
Currently held by	Bhavin Gopani
Official website	http://www.int-abc.org

Shayda Award (Gujarati:શયદા ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to young Gujarati ghazal poet. It was founded by The INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research. The award is named after Gujarati ghazal poet Harji Lavji Damani, known by his pen name "Shayda". A prize of ₹ 10000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.

The Shayda Award has been granted annually since 1998 to the following people: