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
Lynn Shoemaker 1990 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1976 Creative Writing
David Bradley 1991 Creative Writing
John Domini 1977 Creative Writing
Robert Earl Price 1991 Creative Writing
Diane Vreuls 1978 Creative Writing
Joyce Pinchbeck 1992 Creative Writing
Mary Hughes 1978 Creative Writing
Catherine B. Morris 1993 Creative Writing
Bruce Andrews 1979 Creative Writing
Michael Benedikt 1979 Creative Writing
Charles E. Poverman 1980 Creative Writing
John Engels 1984 Creative Writing
Jennifer Sibley 2012 Creative Writing
Stanley Plumly 1984 Creative Writing
Stuart Dybek 1994 Creative Writing
Miriam Bird Greenburg 2013 Creative Writing
Jayne Anne Phillips 1985 Creative Writing
James W. Brown 1995 Creative Writing