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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camille T. Dungy | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Margaret Ferguson | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| John Deck | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| James Scully | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Leroy Quintana | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| John O. Killens | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Gary A. Soto | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Marvin Bell | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Russell | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Donald Justice | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| M. Shayne Bell | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Diana Abu-Jaber | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Elizabeth Evans | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| Carrie Brown | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Judith Frank | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Ruth Ellen Kocher | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Toby Altman | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| John Ford Noonan | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Charles Fuller | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Donna Mack | 1978 | Creative Writing |