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
Daryl Jones 1985 Creative Writing
Michelle Carter 1987 Creative Writing
Stephen E. Dunn 1989 Creative Writing
George Looney 1992 Creative Writing
Beth Kephart 2000 Creative Writing
Kimberly Johnson 2005 Creative Writing
Stuart Dischell 2009 Creative Writing
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 2014 Creative Writing
Renee Simms 2018 Creative Writing
Caroline Gordon 1967 Creative Writing
Ronald Ribman 1973 Creative Writing
Leslie Scalapino 1976 Creative Writing
Nancy Thompson 1978 Creative Writing
Lydia Simmons 1980 Creative Writing
Laurie Sheck 1982 Creative Writing
Richard P. Jackson 1984 Creative Writing
Charlotte Mendez 1987 Creative Writing
Irving Warner 1989 Creative Writing
Rick Bass 1991 Creative Writing
Leila Philip 1994 Creative Writing