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 Patrick Malone 1983 Creative Writing
Steven Orlen 1985 Creative Writing
Deborah Ann Casey 1988 Creative Writing
Lezli White 1990 Creative Writing
Arthur Sze 1993 Creative Writing
Robert VanderMolen 1995 Creative Writing
Regina Ochsner 2006 Creative Writing
Sara Eliza Johnson 2015 Creative Writing
William Hunt 1968 Creative Writing
Ramona Weeks 1974 Creative Writing
Allen Davis 1977 Creative Writing
Donald Justice 1979 Creative Writing
Daniel O'Brien 1983 Creative Writing
Jessica Auerbach 1985 Creative Writing
Ron Hansen 1987 Creative Writing
Anita Barrows 1990 Creative Writing
Louis P. Mathews 1992 Creative Writing
Diane Horton 1995 Creative Writing
Rachel Kadish 2000 Creative Writing
Anne Sanow 2010 Creative Writing