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
Frederick Manfred 1983 Creative Writing
Bill Roorbach 2002 Creative Writing
T. C. Boyle 1983 Creative Writing
Maxine Kumin 1967 Creative Writing
William Hunt 1968 Creative Writing
James D. Houston 1976 Creative Writing
Geoffrey M. Young 1970 Creative Writing
Richard Harteis 1976 Creative Writing
Susan Yankowitz 1972 Creative Writing
Greg Pape 1977 Creative Writing
Alan Boatman 1974 Creative Writing
Ahmos, II Zu-Bolton 1978 Creative Writing
Ramona Weeks 1974 Creative Writing
Julie Hayden 1978 Creative Writing
Marilyn Thompson 1975 Creative Writing
William Harrison 1978 Creative Writing
Judith Grahn 1979 Creative Writing
Xam Cartier 1979 Creative Writing
Kim Stafford 1984 Creative Writing
Porochista Khakpour 2012 Creative Writing