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
Lucy Corin 2016 Creative Writing
Jose Hernandez Diaz 2017 Creative Writing
Dionne Ford 2018 Creative Writing
Ilya Kaminsky 2019 Creative Writing
Roberta Murphy 1988 Creative Writing
Lynn Emanuel 1984 Creative Writing
John Krich 1980 Creative Writing
Gregory Orr 1989 Creative Writing
Saul Zachary 1980 Creative Writing
Walter McDonald 1989 Creative Writing
Jerome Rothenberg 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Burkard 1985 Creative Writing
Conyus Calhoun 1981 Creative Writing
Laurence Yep 1990 Creative Writing
S. Keith Althaus 1976 Creative Writing
Daniel Thrapp 1986 Creative Writing
Richard Currey 1981 Creative Writing
Brian Kiteley 1991 Creative Writing
Jane Flanders 1977 Creative Writing
Richard Taylor 1986 Creative Writing