Literature Fellowships
Below is a list of all NEA Literature Fellowships awarded since 1965. You can search by year, name, or fellowship type (creative writing or translation).
We also have sections where you can find out more information about some of the fellows. You can meet some of the fellows who received creative writing awards from 2001 to the present. You can meet some of the fellows who received translation awards from 2011 to the present.
| Name | Year | Type | Language Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.W. Donzella | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Ntozake Shange | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Harbison | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| David MacDonald | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Jane Smiley | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Stone | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Sena Jeter Naslund | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Jackson MacLow | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Greenwald | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Ling Ma | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Tania Runyan | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Robin Beth Schaer | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Marilyn Abildskov | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Lillian-Yvonne Bertram | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Rob Macaisa Colgate | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Kaitlyn Greenidge | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Ruth Ellen Kocher | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Ariana Benson | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Rav Grewal-Kok | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Edgar Kunz | 2017 | Creative Writing |