In 1996, Liu Shao-tang received a national award for special contributions to art and culture in recognition of his achievements with Biographical Literature. However, he never cared in the slightest about such honors, but simply hoped that Biographical Literature could keep going, issue by issue, rescuing as much historical material from oblivion as possible.
劉紹唐也在民國八十五年因「傳記文學」的成就獲頒國家文藝特別貢獻獎，但他對這些殊榮都毫不在意，只心心念念於「傳記文學」能「多辦一期是一期」、「多挽救一些史料是一些」。