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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. S. Merwin | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Vanessa Ochs | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Jonis Agee | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Louis P. Mathews | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Mary E. Merchant | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Victor Bockris | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| David Long | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Dick Allen | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| John Logan | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Paul Hendrickson | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| William Berkson | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Sarah Blake Schoenholtz | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| V.V. Ganeshananthan | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Brandon Amico | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Paula Closson Buck | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Ruth L. Schwartz | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Laurel Bird | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Marina Temkina | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Heather Ross Miller | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Carol Anshaw | 1995 | Creative Writing |