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
Jan L. Seale 1982 Creative Writing
Susan Prospere 1997 Creative Writing
Nancy Couto 1999 Creative Writing
Lorenzo Thomas 1983 Creative Writing
Cherly Burket 2001 Creative Writing
Cynthia Huntington 1984 Creative Writing
Paul Eggers 2002 Creative Writing
Mitchell Wieland 2012 Creative Writing
Reginald Flood 2013 Creative Writing
Rajesh Parameswaran 2014 Creative Writing
Liz Breazeale 2020 Creative Writing
Chris Tysh 2003 Creative Writing
John William Hay 1966 Creative Writing
John Price 2004 Creative Writing
Ettore Rella 1968 Creative Writing
Harold Stuart 1976 Creative Writing
Mary Adams 2005 Creative Writing
Jim Harrison 1969 Creative Writing
Peter Michelson 1976 Creative Writing
Michelle Bay Anapol 2006 Creative Writing