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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Steiner | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Frances Mayes | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Karen Salyer McElmurray | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Shara McCallum | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Sandra Beasley | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Jerry Gabriel | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| James Kimbrell | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Dawn Lundy Martin | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Kiki Petrosino | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| George Teter | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Cynthia Ozick | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Frederick Crews | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Raymond R. Patterson | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| Deidre L. Bergson | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| Daphne Athas | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Dixon | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Peters | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Gayl Jones | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Nelson Algren | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| D.W. Donzella | 1977 | Creative Writing |