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
Ursule Molinaro 1982 Creative Writing
Allan Gurganus 1985 Creative Writing
Lewis Hyde 1987 Creative Writing
Richard Terrill 1989 Creative Writing
David M. Kelly 1992 Creative Writing
W. A. McDonald 1994 Creative Writing
Sonia Gernes 1999 Creative Writing
James Daniels 2005 Creative Writing
Maxine Jaffe 2009 Creative Writing
Rachel Levy 2018 Creative Writing
Reuel Denney 1966 Creative Writing
Lucille Clifton 1973 Creative Writing
John Rechy 1976 Creative Writing
Mary Cable 1978 Creative Writing
Laura Riding Jackson 1980 Creative Writing
Jan L. Seale 1982 Creative Writing
Michael Rattee 1984 Creative Writing
Ann Nietzke 1987 Creative Writing
Frances Lindsay 1989 Creative Writing
Molly Peacock 1991 Creative Writing