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
Delice Gourdine 1978 Creative Writing
Mary Corrigan 1978 Creative Writing
Bill Zavatsky 1979 Creative Writing
Frank Chin 1980 Creative Writing
Margaret Anderson 1984 Creative Writing
Maureen Owen 1979 Creative Writing
Page Stegner 1980 Creative Writing
Allan Gurganus 1985 Creative Writing
Catherine Gammon 1980 Creative Writing
Norman Kotker 1985 Creative Writing
June Jordan 1981 Creative Writing
Dianne Benedict 1986 Creative Writing
Stephanie Vaughn 1986 Creative Writing
Ntozake Shange 1982 Creative Writing
Lewis Hyde 1987 Creative Writing
David MacDonald 1983 Creative Writing
Alan Hewat 1988 Creative Writing
Robert Stone 1983 Creative Writing
Maureen Howard 1988 Creative Writing
Ralph Adamo 2003 Creative Writing