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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Engels | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Laurence Lieberman | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Vicki Covington | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Eamon Grennan | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Moon | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Kleinschmidt | 1997 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Millar | 2003 | Creative Writing | |
| Jean Harper | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| James Davis May | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Lucille Clifton | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| Philip Appleman | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Harbison | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Greenwald | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Lawrence Kearney | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Goodwin | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Albert Goldbarth | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| James Hannah | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Hershon | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Gray Jacobik | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Carol Henrie | 1996 | Creative Writing |