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 ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary A. Soto | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Daniel Halpern | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Anita Feng | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| William O'Rourke | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Bob Hicok | 2009 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Cantwell | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Krawiec | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Jonathan Penner | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Donovan Hohn | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Eric Pankey | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Judith Vollmer | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Bruce Guernsey | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Daneen Wardrop | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Jean Harper | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Kerrin McCadden | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Martin Pousson | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Eliot Wilson | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Weiss | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Lewis Lipsitz | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Tom Clark | 1969 | Creative Writing |