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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.W. Donzella | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Harbison | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Jane Smiley | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Sena Jeter Naslund | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Jackson MacLow | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Jennifer Percy | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Markus | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| C. D. Wright | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Greenwald | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Meg Day | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Sterling Brown | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Nina Bogin | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Michelle Hoover | 2014 | Creative Writing | |
| Denis Johnson | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Elton Glaser | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Laurie Young | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Rosemary Daniell | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Dixon | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Harry Mathews | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Kathleen Coskran | 1991 | Creative Writing |