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
David Shevin 1994 Creative Writing
Xam Cartier 1979 Creative Writing
W. A. McDonald 1994 Creative Writing
Lawrence Joseph 1995 Creative Writing
John Koethe 1996 Creative Writing
Anna Maria Keesey 1998 Creative Writing
Sonia Gernes 1999 Creative Writing
James Brasfield 2001 Creative Writing
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing
Karl Iagnemma 2004 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
Rosemary Mahoney 2006 Creative Writing
Sabrina Orah Mark 2007 Creative Writing
Yusef Komunyakaa 1988 Creative Writing
Lawrence Thornton 1989 Creative Writing
Brenda Osbey 1990 Creative Writing
Paul Genega 1990 Creative Writing
Gloria Anzaldua 1991 Creative Writing
Margaret Diehl 1992 Creative Writing
Dwight Yates 1993 Creative Writing