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
Julia Fields 1968 Creative Writing
Kenneth McCullough 1974 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1976 Creative Writing
Bruce Andrews 1979 Creative Writing
Thomas M. Veitch 1980 Creative Writing
David Mura 1985 Creative Writing
Naomi Clark 1987 Creative Writing
Thomas Fitzsimmons 1989 Creative Writing
Jane Roberts Wood 1992 Creative Writing
Alan D. Nurkse 1995 Creative Writing
Curtis White 2000 Creative Writing
Mark Wunderlich 2005 Creative Writing
Xochiquetzal Candelaria 2009 Creative Writing
Bruce Rogers 2014 Creative Writing
Vu Tran 2018 Creative Writing
Hayden Carruth 1967 Creative Writing
Stanley Crawford 1973 Creative Writing
Lloyd Gold 1976 Creative Writing
Paul Bowles 1978 Creative Writing
Mark Steadman 1980 Creative Writing