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
John Taggart 1976 Creative Writing
James W. Brown 1995 Creative Writing
Russell Edson 1981 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1976 Creative Writing
Dean Young 1996 Creative Writing
Heather McHugh 1982 Creative Writing
John Domini 1977 Creative Writing
Naomi French Wallace 1997 Creative Writing
Diane Vreuls 1978 Creative Writing
Lucie Brock-Broido 1999 Creative Writing
Julia Thacker 1983 Creative Writing
Mary Hughes 1978 Creative Writing
Boyer Rickel 2001 Creative Writing
Carolyn Forche 1984 Creative Writing
Bruce Andrews 1979 Creative Writing
Mary Yukari Waters 2002 Creative Writing
Teresa Scollon 2011 Creative Writing
X. J. Kennedy 1966 Creative Writing
Marianne Boruch 1984 Creative Writing
Michael Benedikt 1979 Creative Writing