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
Frank Waters 1982 Creative Writing
Roger Mitchell 1986 Creative Writing
Richard K. Nelson 1991 Creative Writing
Joel , II Brouwer 1999 Creative Writing
Wendy Rose 1982 Creative Writing
Julia Alvarez 1987 Creative Writing
John Engels 1992 Creative Writing
John Malcolm Brinnin 1983 Creative Writing
Ann Packer 1993 Creative Writing
Karen E. Bender 2002 Creative Writing
Brenda Hillman 1984 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1988 Creative Writing
Gregory Spatz 2012 Creative Writing
Kenneth Chen 2013 Creative Writing
Marcia Douglas 2014 Creative Writing
Susan Somers-Willett 2015 Creative Writing
Stanley Rice 1966 Creative Writing
Leonard Gardner 1968 Creative Writing
Thomas McAfee 1969 Creative Writing
John Ford Noonan 1972 Creative Writing