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
James Cross 1974 Creative Writing
May Swenson 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Riche 1974 Creative Writing
Tracy Kidder 1974 Creative Writing
Annette Sanford 1974 Creative Writing
E. Hale Chatfield 1974 Creative Writing
James Holmstrand 1974 Creative Writing
Mich Daugherty 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Watson 1974 Creative Writing
Wiliam Price 1974 Creative Writing
Anthony Sobin 1974 Creative Writing
Ed Bullins 1974 Creative Writing
Jeanne Andrews 1974 Creative Writing
Michael Lally 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Wilson 1974 Creative Writing
William Gaddis 1974 Creative Writing
Arthur Kopit 1974 Creative Writing
Elizabeth Cullinan 1974 Creative Writing
John Irving 1974 Creative Writing
Michael Mewshaw 1974 Creative Writing