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
Jane Cooper 1981 Creative Writing
Phillip Anthony Eprile 1983 Creative Writing
Walter Abish 1985 Creative Writing
Eric Pankey 1988 Creative Writing
Mark Richard 1990 Creative Writing
Cheryl Savageau 1993 Creative Writing
William Garrison 1995 Creative Writing
Anthony Doerr 2002 Creative Writing
Tom McNeal 2006 Creative Writing
Staci Schoenfeld 2015 Creative Writing
Charles Olson 1969 Creative Writing
Robert Wilson 1974 Creative Writing
Carolyn Forche 1977 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1979 Creative Writing
Dinitia Smith 1983 Creative Writing
Josephine Haxton 1985 Creative Writing
Steve Erickson 1987 Creative Writing
Charles Van Wey 1990 Creative Writing
Martin Espada 1992 Creative Writing
Fiona Templeton 1995 Creative Writing