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
Holly Iglesias 2011 Creative Writing
Teresa Scollon 2011 Creative Writing
Amy Beeder 2015 Creative Writing
Rav Grewal-Kok 2016 Creative Writing
Edgar Kunz 2017 Creative Writing
Maaza Mengiste 2018 Creative Writing
Sasha Pimentel 2019 Creative Writing
John Taggart 1976 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1976 Creative Writing
John Domini 1977 Creative Writing
Diane Vreuls 1978 Creative Writing
Mary Hughes 1978 Creative Writing
Bruce Andrews 1979 Creative Writing
Harvey Swados 1966 Creative Writing
John Engels 1984 Creative Writing
Michael Benedikt 1979 Creative Writing
David Southern 1968 Creative Writing
Stanley Plumly 1984 Creative Writing
Charles E. Poverman 1980 Creative Writing
George Stanley 1969 Creative Writing