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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard K. Nelson | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Kim Edwards | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter Ho Davies | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| Julene Bair | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas McNeely | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| David Rigsbee | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Patricia Smith | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Alexis Pauline Gumbs | 2022 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Goodwin | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Hower | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Hugh Nissenson | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Ernest A. Joselovitz | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| John Minczeski | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Leslie Scalapino | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Victoria Redel | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Fanny Howe | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Susan Shetterly | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Elaine Terranova | 1997 | Creative Writing | |
| Kat Meads | 2003 | Creative Writing | |
| Jennifer Clement | 2012 | Creative Writing |