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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille Clifton | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| Jennifer Egan | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Bruchac | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Allan Peterson | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Denis Johnson | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Anne Sanow | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Patricia Kirkpatrick | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Calvin Anderson | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Catherine Doty | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Hugh Ogden | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Benjamin Percy | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Jill Alexander Essbaum | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Kimberly Foote | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Samuel Sax | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Samrat Upadhyay | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Gloria Still | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Wally Lamb | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard P. Jackson | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Phillip Anthony Eprile | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Gloria Naylor | 1985 | Creative Writing |