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
Adrianne Marcus 1968 Creative Writing
Dennis Trudell 1969 Creative Writing
Lucille Clifton 1970 Creative Writing
Charles Bukowski 1973 Creative Writing
Bruce Gans 1974 Creative Writing
Rosemary Daniell 1974 Creative Writing
Philip Appleman 1975 Creative Writing
Larissa Szporluk 2003 Creative Writing
Tom Barbash 2004 Creative Writing
Barry Gifford 2010 Creative Writing
Cecilia Woloch 2011 Creative Writing
Floyd Stuart 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Moody 1976 Creative Writing
Barbara Long 1977 Creative Writing
Paul Nelson 1977 Creative Writing
James Coleman 1978 Creative Writing
Robert Skillings 1978 Creative Writing
Evangelina Vigil 1979 Creative Writing
Carolina De Robertis 2012 Creative Writing
John Kessel 1980 Creative Writing