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
Sylvia Watanabe 1989 Creative Writing
James Mersmann 1976 Creative Writing
Marilyn Mei Ling Chin 1985 Creative Writing
Carole Oligario 1981 Creative Writing
Katherine Coles 1990 Creative Writing
Robert Kelly 1976 Creative Writing
C. J. Hribal 1986 Creative Writing
Norman Lavers 1981 Creative Writing
Annie Proulx 1991 Creative Writing
Jack Conroy 1977 Creative Writing
Ralph Beer 1986 Creative Writing
David J. Smith 1982 Creative Writing
Nancy Mairs 1991 Creative Writing
Barbara Corcoran 1978 Creative Writing
Jimmy Santiago Baca 1987 Creative Writing
Susan Mitchell 1982 Creative Writing
James Scott Ely 1992 Creative Writing
Leon Rooke 1978 Creative Writing
James L. Files 1983 Creative Writing
Alice Notley 1979 Creative Writing