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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donika Kelly | 2023 | Creative Writing | |
| Chris McCormick | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Gloria Still | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Benjamin Percy | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard P. Jackson | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Jill Alexander Essbaum | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Gloria Naylor | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Kimberly Foote | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Tobias Wolff | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Samuel Sax | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| John Wieners | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Samrat Upadhyay | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Charlotte Mendez | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Currey | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Dolores Kendrick | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Levy | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Zafris | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Reuel Denney | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| George Evans | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Carolyn Ferrell | 2004 | Creative Writing |