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
Barbara Keiler 1977 Creative Writing
Olga Broumas 1977 Creative Writing
Jaimy Gordon 1978 Creative Writing
Robert Hemenway 1978 Creative Writing
Esther Broner 1979 Creative Writing
Rosmarie Waldrop 1979 Creative Writing
Kevin Bowen 2003 Creative Writing
Marianne Wiggins 1989 Creative Writing
T. Greenwood 2004 Creative Writing
David Markson 1990 Creative Writing
Sarah Cotterill 1990 Creative Writing
Jennifer Egan 1991 Creative Writing
Allan Peterson 1992 Creative Writing
Patricia Kirkpatrick 1992 Creative Writing
Anne Sanow 2010 Creative Writing
Hugh Ogden 1993 Creative Writing
Catherine Doty 2011 Creative Writing
Reuel Denney 1966 Creative Writing
Benjamin Percy 2012 Creative Writing
John Haines 1968 Creative Writing