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
Corrinne Hales 1987 Creative Writing
Robert Boswell 1987 Creative Writing
Ellen Akins 1988 Creative Writing
Sara Vogan 1988 Creative Writing
Peter Liotta 1993 Creative Writing
Stanley Rice 1966 Creative Writing
Harvey Lillywhite 1989 Creative Writing
Dao Strom 2004 Creative Writing
Jane McCafferty 1994 Creative Writing
Leonard Gardner 1968 Creative Writing
Wesley McNair 1989 Creative Writing
Karen An-hwei Lee 2005 Creative Writing
Aaron Shurin 1995 Creative Writing
Thomas McAfee 1969 Creative Writing
Leslie Lawrence 1990 Creative Writing
Lance Olsen 2006 Creative Writing
Natalie Kusz 1995 Creative Writing
John Ford Noonan 1972 Creative Writing
Carol Barrett 1991 Creative Writing
Jonathan Fink 2007 Creative Writing