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 Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Bierds | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Arthur E. Smith | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Burnside | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Bette Pesetsky | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Stern | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Fields | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Penn Warren | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Jean Valentine | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Mark P. Costello | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| Kenneth McCullough | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Evan Walker | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Cecil Daukins | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Norman Lock | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Veronica Chambers | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Lucy Corin | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Jose Hernandez Diaz | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Dionne Ford | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Ilya Kaminsky | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Pamela Kennedy | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| David Roderick Jr | 2021 | Creative Writing |