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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter S. Beagle | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| David Shapiro | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Gallup | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Brenda Shaw | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Clare Beams | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Tung-Hui Hu | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Mehdi Tavana Okasi | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Danez Smith | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Yoon | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| David Wojahn | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Seide | 1967 | Creative Writing | |
| William Logan | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Aram Saroyan | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Li-Young Lee | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Hugh Seidman | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| Judith Weaver | 1996 | Creative Writing | |
| William Jay Smith | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Carolyn Cooke | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| Albert Drake | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Wendy M. Mnookin | 1999 | Creative Writing |