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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy Ladin | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Ann Stanford | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Hieu Minh Nguyen | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Price | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Dominic Smith | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Elizabeth Inness-Brown | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Jacob Sunderlin | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Richards | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Lennox Brown | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Lux | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Lorna Dee Cervantes | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Fred Morgan | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Potter | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Clayton Eshleman | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Klappert | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| David Rains Wallace | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Melvin Dixon | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Cornelius Eady | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Day | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Gina Berriault | 1986 | Creative Writing |