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
James McAuley 1972 Creative Writing
Louise M. Meriwether 1973 Creative Writing
Jose Yglesias 1974 Creative Writing
Del Hunt 1975 Creative Writing
C.G. Hanzlicek 1976 Creative Writing
Denis Johnson 1975 Creative Writing
Calvin Anderson 1976 Creative Writing
Eugene Lyons 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Hogan 1976 Creative Writing
Barbara Keiler 1977 Creative Writing
Olga Broumas 1977 Creative Writing
Jaimy Gordon 1978 Creative Writing
Robert Hemenway 1978 Creative Writing
Esther Broner 1979 Creative Writing
Rosmarie Waldrop 1979 Creative Writing
Marianne Wiggins 1989 Creative Writing
David Markson 1990 Creative Writing
Sarah Cotterill 1990 Creative Writing
Jennifer Egan 1991 Creative Writing
Allan Peterson 1992 Creative Writing