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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen E. Bender | 2002 | Creative Writing | |
| Adrienne J. Su | 2007 | Creative Writing | |
| Jamie Hall | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Paula Closson Buck | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Jim Harrison | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| William Heyen | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Glenna Luschei | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Juan Felipe Herrera | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Carol Frost | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Jaimy Gordon | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Pettit | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Fae Myenne Ng | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Rodger Kamenetz | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Jill Karen Ciment | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Denise Duhamel | 2001 | Creative Writing | |
| Debra Earling | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Padma Viswanathan | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Roy G. Guzmán | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Katie Condon | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Jessie Rosenberg | 1968 | Creative Writing |