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
Ben Belitt 1966 Creative Writing
Wally Lamb 1993 Creative Writing
Richard P. Jackson 1984 Creative Writing
William Gaddis 1967 Creative Writing
Phillip Anthony Eprile 1994 Creative Writing
Gloria Naylor 1985 Creative Writing
Eugene Lyons 1976 Creative Writing
Denise Levertov 1969 Creative Writing
Fiona Templeton 1995 Creative Writing
Tobias Wolff 1985 Creative Writing
Michael Hogan 1976 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1970 Creative Writing
Ann Pancake 1996 Creative Writing
John Wieners 1986 Creative Writing
Barbara Keiler 1977 Creative Writing
Armand Schwerner 1973 Creative Writing
L.S. Asekoff 1997 Creative Writing
Charlotte Mendez 1987 Creative Writing
Olga Broumas 1977 Creative Writing
Bink Noll 1974 Creative Writing