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
Nance Van Winckel 2001 Creative Writing
Lance Olsen 2006 Creative Writing
Teddy Wayne 2010 Creative Writing
Brandon Brown 2015 Creative Writing
Alison C. Rollins 2019 Creative Writing
Lore Segal 1968 Creative Writing
Marilyn Hacker 1974 Creative Writing
Tess Gallagher 1976 Creative Writing
Charles Simic 1979 Creative Writing
Warren Fine 1980 Creative Writing
Allen Hannay 1983 Creative Writing
Francois Camoin 1985 Creative Writing
Philip Levine 1987 Creative Writing
Walter Myers 1989 Creative Writing
John Dranow 1992 Creative Writing
Alison Deming 1995 Creative Writing
Joan Tollifson 2000 Creative Writing
Michael Teig 2005 Creative Writing
Clare Beams 2014 Creative Writing
Paul Yoon 2018 Creative Writing