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
Jerome Charyn 1985 Creative Writing
George Cuomo 1976 Creative Writing
Hayden Carruth 1969 Creative Writing
Jan Kubicki 1995 Creative Writing
Yong Ik Kim 1985 Creative Writing
Pati Hill 1976 Creative Writing
Roberta E. Sebenthall 1970 Creative Writing
Denise Giardina 1996 Creative Writing
Leslie Scalapino 1986 Creative Writing
Debora Greger 1977 Creative Writing
Donald Finkel 1973 Creative Writing
Nicholas Samaras 1997 Creative Writing
David Romtvedt 1987 Creative Writing
Roberta Hill 1977 Creative Writing
Donald Baker 1974 Creative Writing
Marianne Boruch 1999 Creative Writing
Robert Shaw 1987 Creative Writing
Jean Louise Thompson 1978 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1974 Creative Writing
Bruce Bond 2001 Creative Writing