Dr. Syam Sudhakar, a bilingual poet, was presented with the 14th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize for 2022 at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2023 by Mani Rao, poet and jury member in the presence of Prof. Manorama Kanuri and Prof. Aparna Rayaprol from Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust and the Rayaprol family. The prize winner Syam Sudhakar and Mani Rao read from their work at the event, in the IIL Auditorium, Vidyaranya High School, Saifabad.