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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Pfingston | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Jeffrey Duncan | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| T. C. Boyle | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| James Tate | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Tina Darragh | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| James Davis May | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Brice Particelli | 2022 | Creative Writing | |
| Simon Shieh | 2023 | Creative Writing | |
| Yerra Sugarman | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Mark Jarman | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Anthony Ardizzone | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Auster | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Brandon Brown | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward P. Jones | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Jamey Hatley | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Tama Janowitz | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Chen Long | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Lucia Berlin | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Sean W. Murphy | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Allison Funk | 1988 | Creative Writing |