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
Geoffrey Wolff 1980 Creative Writing
Joseph Duemer 1984 Creative Writing
Mark Strand 1986 Creative Writing
Howard Norman 1991 Creative Writing
Tim Gautreaux 1993 Creative Writing
Judith Hall 1997 Creative Writing
Paisley Rekdal 2003 Creative Writing
Karen Fisher 2012 Creative Writing
Kyle Dacuyan 2021 Creative Writing
Rick Rubin 1970 Creative Writing
Ronald Johnson 1975 Creative Writing
Stanley Plumly 1977 Creative Writing
Walter Abish 1979 Creative Writing
Lucia Lockert 1981 Creative Writing
T. C. Boyle 1983 Creative Writing
C. J. Hribal 1986 Creative Writing
Karen Joy Fowler 1988 Creative Writing
Stanley Banks 1990 Creative Writing
Joyce James 1993 Creative Writing
Dennis Covington 1996 Creative Writing