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 Sort ascending | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Balbo | 2017 | Translation | French |
| Damion Searls | 2017 | Translation | German |
| Jennifer Elise Foerster | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Emmy Perez | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Steven Bradbury | 2017 | Translation | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| David Shook | 2017 | Translation | Portuguese |
| Landon Godfrey | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Hai-Dang Phan | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Kaiama L. Glover | 2017 | Translation | French |
| Barbara E. Sjoholm | 2017 | Translation | Norwegian |
| Amorak Huey | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Camille Rankine | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Dan Golembeski | 2017 | Translation | French |
| Sarah Thomas | 2017 | Translation | Spanish |
| James Kimbrell | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Lauren Russell | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Anne Janusch | 2017 | Translation | German |
| Russell Valentino | 2017 | Translation | Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian |
| Ruth Ellen Kocher | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Danez Smith | 2017 | Creative Writing |