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
Gene Fowler 1970 Creative Writing
Alan Feldman 1986 Creative Writing
Stephen Goodwin 1972 Creative Writing
Michelle Herman 1986 Creative Writing
William Pitt Root 1973 Creative Writing
Howard Frank Mosher 1987 Creative Writing
Phyllis Janowitz 1974 Creative Writing
Thomas McGrath 1987 Creative Writing
Malcolm McConnell 1975 Creative Writing
James Cummins 1988 Creative Writing
Jack Marlando 1976 Creative Writing
Richard Grossinger 1976 Creative Writing
Glenna Luschei 1977 Creative Writing
William Hauptman 1977 Creative Writing
Joyce Winslow 1978 Creative Writing
William Cobb 1978 Creative Writing
Juan Felipe Herrera 1979 Creative Writing
Daniel Lyons 1994 Creative Writing
William Patrick 1979 Creative Writing
Virginia Furtwangler 1994 Creative Writing