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
Eugene Redmond 1978 Creative Writing
Michael Heffernan 1978 Creative Writing
Charles Stein 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Kahn 1979 Creative Writing
Clifford Mason 1980 Creative Writing
Vicki Covington 1988 Creative Writing
Josephine Miles 1966 Creative Writing
Ronald Robinson 1993 Creative Writing
Joanna Higgins 1989 Creative Writing
Frank Conroy 1968 Creative Writing
Lois-Ann Inferrera 1994 Creative Writing
Alison Deming 1990 Creative Writing
John Felstiner 1969 Creative Writing
Brian Evenson 1995 Creative Writing
Michael Spence 1990 Creative Writing
Walter Hall 1970 Creative Writing
Thomas Gardner 1995 Creative Writing
Eamon Grennan 1991 Creative Writing
Helen Sorrells 1973 Creative Writing
Cathy Song 1997 Creative Writing