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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Jo Salter | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Brigit Pegeen Kelly | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Alex Espinoza | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Phillip Lopate | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| LaTasha Diggs | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Essex Hemphill | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Vedran Husic | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Vicki Lindner | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Ted Mathys | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Mark Doty | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Jennifer Sears | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Bertram, Jr. Fairchild | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Charif Shanahan | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Pamela Painter | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| John William Hay | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| David Milofsky | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Bradford Barkley | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Ettore Rella | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Perry | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Bailey | 1994 | Creative Writing |