Subramaniam Bharati,
Ramalingam Navakhal,
P.V. Akilandam (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1975),
Dr. Indira Parathasarathi (Recipient of Saraswati Samman for 1999),
T.G. Shivshankarn (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000),
C.S. Chellappa (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002),
Sirpi Balasubramanian (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03),
R. Vairamuthu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04),
Sunder Ramaswami (Recipient of Kath Chunamani Puruskar, 2004),
Tamilanban (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05),
D. Jaykanthan (Winner of Jnanpith Award-2002),
G. Tilkavati (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005),
Neela Padmanabhan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007),
Melannai Ponnusamy (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).