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 ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Short | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Bill Zavatsky | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Cleveland Kurtz | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Maureen Owen | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Catherine Gammon | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Markus | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Sterling Brown | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Denis Johnson | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Rosemary Daniell | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Harry Mathews | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Judith Gleason | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Caroline Finkelstein | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Tichy | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| James Gander | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynda Leidiger | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Cynthia Kadohata | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Cording | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Joy Harjo | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Carol Frost | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Jacqueline Allen Trimble | 2021 | Creative Writing |