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 Sort ascending | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cid Corman | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Jane Flanders | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Burnside | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Don Lee | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Thacker | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Rebecca Kavaler | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Blanche McCrary Boyd | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| James Scully | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| William Cobb | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Mary Bush | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Nikki Moustaki | 2001 | Creative Writing | |
| Lysley Tenorio | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Vinnie Wilhelm | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Anders Carlson-Wee | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Erika L. Sánchez | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Louise Abbott | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Marvin Mandel | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas Absher | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Charles Stein | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Wendy Kesselman | 1980 | Creative Writing |