In the closing ceremony, State Minister for Cultural Affairs Begum Selima Rahman handed over crests and certificates to the representatives of publishing houses. Names of the best stalls for both this and last year were declared. Somoy Prokashon won the first prize for this year while Agami and Ananya Prokashani secured the second and third places. For the year 2004 Mizan Library won the first position, Somoy Prokashon and Ananya won the second place jointly while Shikha Prokashoni won the third one.

Chairman of Bangla Academy Professor Wakil Ahmed, Director General Abul Kalam Manjur Murshed and the secretary member of the Ekushey Book Fair Committee Muhammad Nurul Huda spoke on the occasion.

Begum Selima Rahman cited the special corner for children's books and the five squares named after the five language martyrs Salam, Rafique, Barkat, Jabbar and Shafiur as the additional attractions of this year's fair. She also appreciated the trend of launching books formally at the fair.

About 319 publishers participated in this year's fair while the number of stalls was 465. Begum Selima Rahman claimed that this was the biggest and most organised Ekushey Book Fair so far. The total number of published books during the fair, which is more than 1000, is also the biggest in the history of Ekushey Book Fair, according to her.

AKM Tarequl Islam Ronni of Somoy Prokashon said, "This is the third time our stall won the first prize. While designing the stall we always keep it in mind that the design must attract readers because of its artistic appeal. And as a publisher we publish various types of books ranging from fictions to essays and research works."

A visitor to the fair commented, "The fair was disciplined. However, the tight security and the people in uniforms detracted from the fair. Nevertheless, we come here and will eagerly await next February because this is the only book fair that gives us the chance to get so many books on varied subjects and get the opportunity to meet our favourite authors."