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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Latta | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Wesley McNair | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Joyce Peseroff | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Swiss | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Jonathan Holden | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Martin Espada | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Gerald Stern | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Tudor | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Helen Degen Cohen | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Don Meredith | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Farnsworth | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Halvard Johnson | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Barrett | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Dennis Schmitz | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Tadeusz Korzeniewski | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Marilyn Mei Ling Chin | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| D. A. Powell | 2003 | Creative Writing | |
| Ronald Schreiber | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Randall Sawyer | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Peng Shepherd | 2020 | Creative Writing |