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
Mark Vinz 1975 Creative Writing
Robert Peters 1975 Creative Writing
Carroll Arnett 1975 Creative Writing
Ishmael Reed 1975 Creative Writing
Mary O'Donnell 1975 Creative Writing
Ronald Johnson 1975 Creative Writing
Albert Goldbarth 1974 Creative Writing
David Meltzer 1974 Creative Writing
Jack Gilbert 1974 Creative Writing
Mason Smith 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Flanagan 1974 Creative Writing
Thomas McGrath 1974 Creative Writing
Allen Wier 1974 Creative Writing
Donald Baker 1974 Creative Writing
James Alan Reiss 1974 Creative Writing
Maura Stanton Cecil 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Montgomery 1974 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1974 Creative Writing
Anne Harvey 1974 Creative Writing
Donald Junkins 1974 Creative Writing