In 1980, he won first place in the first level of bali, a modern balinese prose writing competition organized by the singaraja branch i national language institute, with the title "mirah".
Warsa 1969 polih juara i daérah tingkat i bali nyurat prosa bali modéren sané kaadaang olih lembaga bahasa nasional cabang i, singaraja mamurda “mirah”