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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard H. Porter | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Jared Carter | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Mary Peterson Strater | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Maura Stanton | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Constance Pierce | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Randall Silvis | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Jericho Brown | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Tayari Jones | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Diane Cook | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Diana Marie Delgado | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Irene Keliher | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Jenny Johnson | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Ben Hoffman | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Oliver de la Paz | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Richie Hofmann | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Ross | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Gordon Weaver | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| W. S. Di Piero | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Kim Chernin | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Beth Brant | 1991 | Creative Writing |