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
Richard Day 1985 Creative Writing
Brendan James Galvin 1988 Creative Writing
Jessica Neely 1990 Creative Writing
Matthew Murrey 1995 Creative Writing
Noelle Kocot 2001 Creative Writing
Manuel Munoz 2006 Creative Writing
ZZ Packer 2010 Creative Writing
Brittany Cavallaro 2015 Creative Writing
Danniel Schoonebeek 2019 Creative Writing
Louise Bogan 1968 Creative Writing
Mason Smith 1974 Creative Writing
Thomas Johnson 1976 Creative Writing
Christopher Middleton 1979 Creative Writing
Willard Trask 1980 Creative Writing
Andrew Potok 1983 Creative Writing
Franz Wright 1985 Creative Writing
Phyllis Naylor 1987 Creative Writing
John Gery 1992 Creative Writing
Appachana Anjana Sinha 1995 Creative Writing
Lawrence Coates 2000 Creative Writing