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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Monsour | 2007 | Creative Writing | |
| Laleh Khadivi | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Wheeler | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Ben L. Hiatt | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| James Heynen | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Louis Coxe | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Orlovsky | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Gretel Ehrlich | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Packer | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Tobias Wolff | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Dolores Kendrick | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Lloyd Schwartz | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| C. K. Williams | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Steven Rinehart | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Ron Rash | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Shara Lessley | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Aram Saroyan | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Bagg | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Barbara Garson | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Lahey | 1979 | Creative Writing |