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
Thomas Weil 1988 Creative Writing
Dennis McFarland 1991 Creative Writing
Stephen Stark 1993 Creative Writing
Dionisio Martinez 1997 Creative Writing
Jill Alexander Essbaum 2003 Creative Writing
William C. Johnson 2007 Creative Writing
Eula Biss 2012 Creative Writing
Leslie Chapman 1970 Creative Writing
Paul Zimmer 1975 Creative Writing
Rita Dove 1977 Creative Writing
Stuart Friebert 1979 Creative Writing
Laura Gilpin 1981 Creative Writing
Shelby Hearon 1983 Creative Writing
Achy Obejas 1986 Creative Writing
Jacquelyn Malone 1988 Creative Writing
Peter Turchi 1990 Creative Writing
George Kalamaras 1993 Creative Writing
Benjamin Miller 1996 Creative Writing
Judy Budnitz 2002 Creative Writing
Holly Iglesias 2011 Creative Writing