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
Robert Callahan 1977 Creative Writing
Ted Berrigan 1979 Creative Writing
Lawrence Grobel 1981 Creative Writing
Stephanie Gunn 1983 Creative Writing
Alan Feldman 1986 Creative Writing
James Cummins 1988 Creative Writing
Phillip Sterling 1990 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1993 Creative Writing
Bonnie L. Pike 1996 Creative Writing
Judy Doenges 2002 Creative Writing
Honoree Jeffers 2011 Creative Writing
Jill Christman 2020 Creative Writing
James Tate 1969 Creative Writing
William Gaddis 1974 Creative Writing
Gerald Wallace 1977 Creative Writing
John Unterecker 1979 Creative Writing
Calvin Forbes 1981 Creative Writing
Jacqueline Pierce Mungai 1983 Creative Writing
Michael Burkard 1985 Creative Writing
Ewing Campbell 1990 Creative Writing