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
Lawrence Thornton 1989 Creative Writing
Hortense Calisher 1968 Creative Writing
Wendy Kesselman 1980 Creative Writing
Brenda Osbey 1990 Creative Writing
Leland Hickman 1969 Creative Writing
George Bennett 1981 Creative Writing
Paul Genega 1990 Creative Writing
Carl Rakosi 1972 Creative Writing
Thalia Cheronis-Selz 1981 Creative Writing
Gloria Anzaldua 1991 Creative Writing
Johanna Kaplan 1973 Creative Writing
Jose Montoya 1982 Creative Writing
Heather McHugh 1974 Creative Writing
Andrew Fetler 1983 Creative Writing
Margaret Diehl 1992 Creative Writing
Ann Stanford 1975 Creative Writing
Michael Martone 1983 Creative Writing
Dwight Yates 1993 Creative Writing
Anna Marie Barlow 1976 Creative Writing
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing