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
Henry Carlile 1970 Creative Writing
Warren Fine 1972 Creative Writing
Alan Friedman 1974 Creative Writing
Richard Brickner 1974 Creative Writing
Mark Vinz 1975 Creative Writing
David St. John 1994 Creative Writing
Elizabeth Arthur 1989 Creative Writing
William Baer 1994 Creative Writing
Sallie Tisdale 1989 Creative Writing
Lee Maynard 1995 Creative Writing
James Scully 1990 Creative Writing
John Vernon 1996 Creative Writing
Arthur Homer 1998 Creative Writing
Mark P. Costello 1991 Creative Writing
Vijay Seshadri 1999 Creative Writing
Elizabeth McCracken 1992 Creative Writing
Jean Day 2001 Creative Writing
William Cobb 1992 Creative Writing
Malcolm Bosse 1976 Creative Writing
William Hoffman 1976 Creative Writing