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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Stewart | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Joshua Mehigan | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Alex Espinoza | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| LaTasha Diggs | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Vedran Husic | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Ted Mathys | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Jennifer Sears | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Charif Shanahan | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Kenneth O. Hanson | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Tess Gallagher | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Joy Harjo | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Eugene Garber | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Meredith Sue Willis | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Charles Simic | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| John William Hay | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Jordan Smith | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Hoover | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Ettore Rella | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Ludvigson | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Chuck Kinder | 1980 | Creative Writing |