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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Smith | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Marshall Reese | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Caroline A. Richards | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Vance Bourjailly | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Lindsay Patterson | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| W. S. Merwin | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Ceravelo | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Klappert | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| Maria Irene Fornes | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Helga Morpurgo | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Chester Aaron | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Sandra Meek | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Ellen Bass | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Jack Driscoll | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Amorak Huey | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Lucas Mann | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Amy Munson | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Priscilla Sneff | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| John Foster | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Sanaë Lemoine | 2022 | Creative Writing |