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
Michael Heffernan 1987 Creative Writing
N. Michael Niflis 1974 Creative Writing
Blanche McCrary Boyd 1988 Creative Writing
Judith Kroll 1975 Creative Writing
Patricia Reeves 1988 Creative Writing
David St. John 1976 Creative Writing
David Wong Louie 1989 Creative Writing
Nalini Jones 2012 Creative Writing
Rita Dove 1989 Creative Writing
Roger Reeves 2013 Creative Writing
Gregory Barron 1990 Creative Writing
Sara Houghteling 2014 Creative Writing
William Wiser 1990 Creative Writing
Linda Svendsen 1991 Creative Writing
David Morse 1992 Creative Writing
Susan Dodd 1992 Creative Writing
Margaret Hasse 1993 Creative Writing
Marina Budhos 2020 Creative Writing
Carol Moldaw 1994 Creative Writing
Thomas Glynn 1994 Creative Writing