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
Michael Rothschild 1974 Creative Writing
Jonathan Holden 1975 Creative Writing
Amy Knox Brown 2020 Creative Writing
David Smith 1976 Creative Writing
Kim Stafford 1976 Creative Writing
Thomas Absher 1976 Creative Writing
Kathleen Fraser 1977 Creative Writing
Eugene Redmond 1978 Creative Writing
Michael Heffernan 1978 Creative Writing
Charles Stein 1979 Creative Writing
James B. Hall 1980 Creative Writing
Mary Karr 1984 Creative Writing
Paul Kahn 1979 Creative Writing
Peter Spielberg 1980 Creative Writing
C. K. Williams 1985 Creative Writing
Clifford Mason 1980 Creative Writing
Amiri Baraka 1981 Creative Writing
Raymond Federman 1985 Creative Writing
Lawrence Kearney 1981 Creative Writing
Francine Prose 1986 Creative Writing