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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lance S. Belville | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Threa Almontaser | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Pelton | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Sybil Claiborne | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Janine Richman | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Edmund Keeley | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Priyanka Champaneri | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Donald Platt | 1996 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Dobyns | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| James Allen Hall | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Sean Brendan-Brown | 1997 | Creative Writing | |
| Jack Myers | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Molly Fisk | 1999 | Creative Writing | |
| Charlie Smith | 2001 | Creative Writing | |
| Lewis Cole | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Norah Labiner | 2002 | Creative Writing | |
| Conrad Hilberry | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Carl Marcum | 2003 | Creative Writing | |
| John Parras | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Marlon Lee Fick | 2005 | Creative Writing |