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
Lynda Leidiger 1990 Creative Writing
William Tremblay 1985 Creative Writing
Diane di Prima 1973 Creative Writing
Cynthia Kadohata 1991 Creative Writing
Kimiko Hahn 1986 Creative Writing
David Allan Evans 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Cording 1991 Creative Writing
David Kaplan 1987 Creative Writing
Theodore Weesner 1974 Creative Writing
Joy Harjo 1992 Creative Writing
Robert Morgan 1987 Creative Writing
Ronald Johnson 1975 Creative Writing
Carol Frost 1993 Creative Writing
Garrett Hongo 1988 Creative Writing
Tania Runyan 2011 Creative Writing
Julia Markus 1980 Creative Writing
Sterling Brown 1980 Creative Writing
Denis Johnson 1981 Creative Writing
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram 2015 Creative Writing
Rosemary Daniell 1981 Creative Writing