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
Marilyn Nelson 1982 Creative Writing
Robert Wallace 1984 Creative Writing
Corrinne Hales 1987 Creative Writing
Janet McCann 1989 Creative Writing
Ronald Koertge 1991 Creative Writing
Marilyn Hacker 1994 Creative Writing
Lia Purpura 2004 Creative Writing
Jill Alexander Essbaum 2013 Creative Writing
Sanaë Lemoine 2022 Creative Writing
Anders Shafer 1966 Creative Writing
Alice Walker 1973 Creative Writing
Frederick Busch 1976 Creative Writing
James Grove 1978 Creative Writing
George Chambers 1980 Creative Writing
Joyce Peseroff 1984 Creative Writing
Martin Espada 1986 Creative Writing
Ingrid Hill 1991 Creative Writing
Vincent Gotera 1993 Creative Writing
Kathleen Halme 1997 Creative Writing
Peter Shippy 2003 Creative Writing