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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Magnuson | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Boswell | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Rachel Levy | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| John Malcolm Brinnin | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Thompson | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Ellen Akins | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Adrian Matejka | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Brenda Hillman | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Gibbons Ruark | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Nan Cohen | 2003 | Creative Writing | |
| Shirley Kaufman | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Benjamin Paloff | 2009 | Creative Writing | |
| Daniel Raeburn | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Cristin Aptowicz | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Marjan Kamali | 2022 | Creative Writing | |
| Erin Marie Lynch | 2023 | Creative Writing | |
| Mariah Rigg | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Sara Vogan | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Donald Justice | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Harvey Lillywhite | 1989 | Creative Writing |