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
Jennifer Cornell 1998 Creative Writing
Nikki Moustaki 2001 Creative Writing
George Evans 1984 Creative Writing
John Ford Noonan 1980 Creative Writing
Kat Meads 2003 Creative Writing
Reginald Gibbons 1984 Creative Writing
Lynda Hull 1989 Creative Writing
Ronald Sukenick 1980 Creative Writing
Scott Sanders 2004 Creative Writing
Gerald Burns 1985 Creative Writing
David A. Walton 1990 Creative Writing
Cheri Fein 1981 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1985 Creative Writing
Robin Carey 1990 Creative Writing
Peter LaSalle 1981 Creative Writing
John Taggart 1986 Creative Writing
Jena Osman 1991 Creative Writing
David P. Young 1982 Creative Writing
Charles Hammer 1987 Creative Writing
Alan Shapiro 1992 Creative Writing