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
Andrew Potok 1983 Creative Writing
Franz Wright 1985 Creative Writing
Phyllis Naylor 1987 Creative Writing
John Gery 1992 Creative Writing
Appachana Anjana Sinha 1995 Creative Writing
Lawrence Coates 2000 Creative Writing
Richard Siken 2005 Creative Writing
Eugene Marten 2014 Creative Writing
KB Brookins 2023 Creative Writing
Antonia Angress 2024 Creative Writing
Maxine Kumin 1967 Creative Writing
Alan Boatman 1974 Creative Writing
Max Crawford 1976 Creative Writing
Richard Shaw 1978 Creative Writing
Mindy Pennybacker 1980 Creative Writing
Michael Thelwell 1982 Creative Writing
Steven Cramer 1984 Creative Writing
Deborah Digges 1987 Creative Writing
Judith Ortiz Cofer 1989 Creative Writing
Vanessa Ochs 1991 Creative Writing