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
Steven Orlen 1979 Creative Writing
Laura Beausoleil 1981 Creative Writing
Scott Sanders 1983 Creative Writing
Irene Wanner 1988 Creative Writing
Peggy McCreary 1990 Creative Writing
Eugenia Janis 1993 Creative Writing
Barbara Hamby 1996 Creative Writing
Josip Novakovich 2002 Creative Writing
Gary Short 2011 Creative Writing
Amy Knox Brown 2020 Creative Writing
Jack Anderson 1969 Creative Writing
Tracy Kidder 1974 Creative Writing
Gail Mazur 1977 Creative Writing
John Logan 1979 Creative Writing
Bim Angst 1981 Creative Writing
Harriet Doerr 1983 Creative Writing
Merle Olson 1985 Creative Writing
Douglas Bauer 1990 Creative Writing
Robert Gregory 1992 Creative Writing
Jean Janzen 1995 Creative Writing