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
Audrey Borenstein 1976 Creative Writing
Cornel Lengyel 1976 Creative Writing
Floyd Stuart 1976 Creative Writing
Helen Barolini 1976 Creative Writing
Jerold Ramsey 1976 Creative Writing
Lennox Brown 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Moody 1976 Creative Writing
Philip Levine 1976 Creative Writing
Russell Edson 1976 Creative Writing
Thomas Lux 1976 Creative Writing
Barbara Szerlip 1976 Creative Writing
Daniel O'Brien 1976 Creative Writing
Frank Bidart 1976 Creative Writing
Henry Carlile 1976 Creative Writing
Jerome Rothenberg 1976 Creative Writing
Leslie Scalapino 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Rossman 1976 Creative Writing
Ray Young Bear 1976 Creative Writing
S. Keith Althaus 1976 Creative Writing
Tim Kelly 1976 Creative Writing