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 Sort descending | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| James DenBoer | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Kathleen Spivack | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| John E. White | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| David McKain | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Marcia Southwick | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Ronald Loewinsohn | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Cynthia Huntington | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Kent Nelson | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Cortney Davis | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Alan Brown | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| Alexander Parsons | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Ellen Cooney | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Tayari Jones | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Diana Marie Delgado | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Frederick Buell | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Beth Bentley | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| David Clarke | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Bobbie Creeley | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Sandra Cisneros | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Charles P. Wright | 1984 | Creative Writing |