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 Sort descending | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjertrud Schnackenberg | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Vangelisti | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Zafris | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Nicole Cooley | 1996 | Creative Writing | |
| Lance Larsen | 2007 | Creative Writing | |
| Vedran Husic | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Sarah Viren | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Arthur Pfister | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| James Bertolino | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Lorna Dee Cervantes | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Klappert | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Greg Kuzma | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Michelle Cliff | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Crawford | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Denise Giardina | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Lisel Mueller | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Benjamin Howard | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Sally Bellerose | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Rigoberto Gonzalez | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Christopher Kempf | 2015 | Creative Writing |