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
Deborah Burnham 1991 Creative Writing
Frank Gagliano 1973 Creative Writing
Sandra Alcosser 1991 Creative Writing
Ed Bullins 1974 Creative Writing
Kent Meyers 1992 Creative Writing
William Gaddis 1974 Creative Writing
Chris Offutt 1993 Creative Writing
Vern Rutsala 1975 Creative Writing
Andrew Kaufman 1994 Creative Writing
Theodore Pelton 1994 Creative Writing
Janine Richman 1995 Creative Writing
Donald Platt 1996 Creative Writing
Sean Brendan-Brown 1997 Creative Writing
Molly Fisk 1999 Creative Writing
Charlie Smith 2001 Creative Writing
Norah Labiner 2002 Creative Writing
Ira Lewis 1980 Creative Writing
Mary Crow 1984 Creative Writing
Katherine Czepiel 2012 Creative Writing
Paula Vogel 1980 Creative Writing