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 Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Auster | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Threa Almontaser | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Sybil Claiborne | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Charles T. Cole | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Edmund Keeley | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Priyanka Champaneri | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Dobyns | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Ashanti Anderson | 2023 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Hirsch | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| S. Isabel Choi | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen E. Dunn | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Cravens | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Jan L. Seale | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Lorenzo Thomas | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Cynthia Huntington | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Jordan Smith | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Ludvigson | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Joe Ashby Porter | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Luria-Sukenick | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Ed Sanders | 1987 | Creative Writing |