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
Suzanne Berne 1994 Creative Writing
Hayden Carruth 1969 Creative Writing
Fae Myenne Ng 1990 Creative Writing
Jan Kubicki 1995 Creative Writing
Roberta E. Sebenthall 1970 Creative Writing
Timothy Seibles 1990 Creative Writing
Denise Giardina 1996 Creative Writing
Donald Finkel 1973 Creative Writing
Keith Taylor 1991 Creative Writing
Nicholas Samaras 1997 Creative Writing
Donald Baker 1974 Creative Writing
Bruce Beasley 1992 Creative Writing
David Shumate 2009 Creative Writing
Marianne Boruch 1999 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1974 Creative Writing
Rodger Kamenetz 1992 Creative Writing
Gregory Blake Smith 2010 Creative Writing
Bruce Bond 2001 Creative Writing
Roy Wolper 1975 Creative Writing
Kenneth Frederick 1993 Creative Writing