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
Michael Moody 1976 Creative Writing
Robert Skillings 1978 Creative Writing
Page Stegner 1980 Creative Writing
Ntozake Shange 1982 Creative Writing
Susan Snively 1984 Creative Writing
Esther Broner 1987 Creative Writing
Lawrence Thornton 1989 Creative Writing
Patricia Spears Jones 1994 Creative Writing
Dainis Hazners 1999 Creative Writing
Benjamin Paloff 2009 Creative Writing
Philip Metres 2013 Creative Writing
Morgan Talty 2022 Creative Writing
George Teter 1966 Creative Writing
Deidre L. Bergson 1973 Creative Writing
Harold Stuart 1976 Creative Writing
John A. Williams 1978 Creative Writing
Jeffrey Sweet 1980 Creative Writing
Barbara Szerlip 1982 Creative Writing
Linda Hasselstrom 1984 Creative Writing
Phyllis Koestenbaum 1986 Creative Writing