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
James McPherson 1972 Creative Writing
Calvin Anderson 1976 Creative Writing
Deena Metzger 1978 Creative Writing
Carolyn F. Emshwiller 1980 Creative Writing
Stephen E. Dunn 1981 Creative Writing
Cynthia Huntington 1984 Creative Writing
Henry Taylor 1986 Creative Writing
Randall Silvis 1988 Creative Writing
Angela Ball 1991 Creative Writing
Paul Russell 1993 Creative Writing
Robert Benson 1996 Creative Writing
Beth Ann Fennelly 2003 Creative Writing
Lisa Gill 2007 Creative Writing
Joy Ladin 2016 Creative Writing
Bill Butler 1970 Creative Writing
Jill Robinson 1975 Creative Writing
Mark Jarman 1977 Creative Writing
Philip Booth 1979 Creative Writing
Ivy H. Goodman 1981 Creative Writing
Pamela Erbe 1983 Creative Writing