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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel R. Zoss | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas McNeely | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Vanessa Ochs | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Frederic Prokosch | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Spike | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Louis P. Mathews | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Thompson | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Keith Wilson | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Mary E. Merchant | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| David Long | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Coleman Barks | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Dennis Trudell | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Dick Allen | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Judith Moffett | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Maggie Shipstead | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Orlovsky | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Absher | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Vanessa Angélica Villarreal | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| DeWitt Henry | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Josephine Haxton | 1985 | Creative Writing |