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
Otessa Moshfegh 2014 Creative Writing
Don Lee 1981 Creative Writing
Ewing Campbell 1990 Creative Writing
Javier Zamora 2015 Creative Writing
Russell Edson 1981 Creative Writing
Ted Pejovich 1990 Creative Writing
Heather McHugh 1982 Creative Writing
Kathy Fagan 1991 Creative Writing
Belle Waring 1992 Creative Writing
Julia Thacker 1983 Creative Writing
Rochelle Nameroff 1992 Creative Writing
Carolyn Forche 1984 Creative Writing
Katherine Vaz 1993 Creative Writing
John Engels 1984 Creative Writing
Rebecca Solnit 1993 Creative Writing
Stanley Plumly 1984 Creative Writing
Julian Hansbarger 1994 Creative Writing
Jayne Anne Phillips 1985 Creative Writing
Alison Cadbury 1995 Creative Writing
William Wiser 1985 Creative Writing