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
Richard Reynolds 1994 Creative Writing
Jill Allyn Rosser 1999 Creative Writing
David Shumate 2009 Creative Writing
Ryan Teitman 2013 Creative Writing
John Omwake 1966 Creative Writing
Frank Gagliano 1973 Creative Writing
J. Alan Broughton 1976 Creative Writing
Joseph Maiolo 1978 Creative Writing
John Bishop 1980 Creative Writing
Dabney Stuart 1982 Creative Writing
Lynn Emanuel 1984 Creative Writing
Richard Taylor 1986 Creative Writing
Carol Henrie 1989 Creative Writing
Kathy Fagan 1991 Creative Writing
Carol Moldaw 1994 Creative Writing
William Keckler 1997 Creative Writing
Dwight Yates 2008 Creative Writing
Susan McCallum-Smith 2012 Creative Writing
Emma Bolden 2017 Creative Writing
Phillip B. Williams 2021 Creative Writing