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
Pauline Hanson 1972 Creative Writing
Enid Shomer 1996 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1986 Creative Writing
Jewell Parker Rhodes 1982 Creative Writing
Kenneth Rexroth 1977 Creative Writing
Stephen C. Erhart 1973 Creative Writing
William Keckler 1997 Creative Writing
William D. Lee 1986 Creative Writing
Floyd Salas 1978 Creative Writing
N. Michael Niflis 1974 Creative Writing
Peter Johnson 1999 Creative Writing
Michael Heffernan 1987 Creative Writing
Margaret Dukore 1983 Creative Writing
Michael Rubin 1978 Creative Writing
Judith Kroll 1975 Creative Writing
Christopher Howell 2001 Creative Writing
Blanche McCrary Boyd 1988 Creative Writing
David St. John 1984 Creative Writing
Christopher Middleton 1979 Creative Writing
David St. John 1976 Creative Writing