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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Kates | 2017 | Translation | Russian |
| Katherine E. Young | 2017 | Translation | Russian |
| Edgar Kunz | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Patricia Smith | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Aron Aji | 2016 | Translation | Turkish |
| Maia Evrona Statlender-Donnelly | 2016 | Translation | Yiddish |
| Paul Harding | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Rathgeber | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Philip Boehm | 2016 | Translation | German |
| Donna Stonecipher | 2016 | Translation | German |
| Jamey Hatley | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Monica McFawn | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Jeffrey Friedman | 2016 | Translation | Polish |
| William Vanderhyden | 2016 | Translation | Spanish |
| Kevin Haworth | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Amy Rowland | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| María José Giménez | 2016 | Translation | Spanish |
| Matvei Yankelevich | 2016 | Translation | Russian |
| Nellie Hermann | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Elisabeth Tova Bailey | 2016 | Creative Writing |