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
Julian Moynahan 1966 Creative Writing
Wendy Battin 1988 Creative Writing
George Malko 1968 Creative Writing
Judith Ortiz Cofer 1989 Creative Writing
John Wieners 1969 Creative Writing
Anita Barrows 1990 Creative Writing
Gary Gildner 1971 Creative Writing
Moira Crone 1990 Creative Writing
James F. Pierce 1973 Creative Writing
Frank X. Gaspar 1991 Creative Writing
Gilbert Sorrentino 1974 Creative Writing
Vanessa Ochs 1991 Creative Writing
Yvonne Chism-Peace 1974 Creative Writing
Louis P. Mathews 1992 Creative Writing
Alicia Ostriker 1976 Creative Writing
David Long 1993 Creative Writing
Alice Fulton 2005 Creative Writing
Cary Holladay 2006 Creative Writing
Carol Ann Davis 2007 Creative Writing
David Vann 2008 Creative Writing