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
Ronnie Paris 1976 Creative Writing
James Galvin 1977 Creative Writing
Catherine Petroski 1978 Creative Writing
James Lewisohn 1977 Creative Writing
Chandler Brossard 1978 Creative Writing
Margaret Edwards 1978 Creative Writing
Anthony Towle 1979 Creative Writing
Jericho Brown 2011 Creative Writing
Emily McCully 1980 Creative Writing
Robert Ross 1988 Creative Writing
Lynn Luria-Sukenick 1979 Creative Writing
Tayari Jones 2012 Creative Writing
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall 1980 Creative Writing
Gordon Weaver 1989 Creative Writing
Bernard Myers 1980 Creative Writing
W. S. Di Piero 1989 Creative Writing
Jeffrey M. Wanshel 1981 Creative Writing
Kim Chernin 1990 Creative Writing
Diane Cook 2016 Creative Writing
Beth Brant 1991 Creative Writing