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
Leslie Scalapino 1976 Creative Writing
Cary Holladay 2006 Creative Writing
Tim Kelly 1976 Creative Writing
Carol Ann Davis 2007 Creative Writing
Louis Coxe 1977 Creative Writing
David Vann 2008 Creative Writing
Frederic Prokosch 1978 Creative Writing
Jason Koo 2009 Creative Writing
Nancy Thompson 1978 Creative Writing
Matthew Batt 2010 Creative Writing
Coleman Barks 1979 Creative Writing
Killarney Clary 2011 Creative Writing
Judith Moffett 1984 Creative Writing
Peter Orlovsky 1979 Creative Writing
Thomas Absher 1984 Creative Writing
DeWitt Henry 1980 Creative Writing
Josephine Haxton 1985 Creative Writing
Martin Lesley 1986 Creative Writing
Geraldine Connolly 1987 Creative Writing
Steve Erickson 1987 Creative Writing