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
James Cross 1974 Creative Writing
S. Keith Althaus 1976 Creative Writing
Armand Schwerner 1979 Creative Writing
Steve Carter 1980 Creative Writing
Cleopatra Mathis 1985 Creative Writing
Michael Heffernan 1987 Creative Writing
Sallie Tisdale 1989 Creative Writing
Elizabeth McCracken 1992 Creative Writing
Kathleen Flenniken 2005 Creative Writing
Sarah Freligh 2009 Creative Writing
Patrick Rosal 2018 Creative Writing
William Brown 1966 Creative Writing
Richard S. Kennedy 1973 Creative Writing
Kim Stafford 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Heffernan 1978 Creative Writing
Lloyd Zimpel 1980 Creative Writing
Jose Montoya 1982 Creative Writing
Peter Taylor 1984 Creative Writing
Brooks Haxton 1987 Creative Writing
Harvey Lillywhite 1989 Creative Writing