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
Nina Bogin 1989 Creative Writing
Gayl Jones 1976 Creative Writing
Elton Glaser 1990 Creative Writing
Nelson Algren 1976 Creative Writing
Stephen Dixon 1990 Creative Writing
D.W. Donzella 1977 Creative Writing
Kathleen Coskran 1991 Creative Writing
Robert Harbison 1977 Creative Writing
Barbara Jordan 1992 Creative Writing
Jane Smiley 1978 Creative Writing
Robin Behn 1992 Creative Writing
Sena Jeter Naslund 1978 Creative Writing
Karen Volkman 1993 Creative Writing
Jackson MacLow 1979 Creative Writing
Theodore Greenwald 1979 Creative Writing
Ralph Burns 1993 Creative Writing
Angela Shaw 2003 Creative Writing
Margaret Anderson 1984 Creative Writing
Joshua Clover 1994 Creative Writing
J. Mark Powell 2004 Creative Writing