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
Curtis L. Johnson 1973 Creative Writing
George Cuomo 1976 Creative Writing
Jean Louise Thompson 1978 Creative Writing
James Fetler 1980 Creative Writing
Ann Stanford 1982 Creative Writing
Larry Levis 1984 Creative Writing
Nubia Kai Salaam 1986 Creative Writing
Jena Osman 1991 Creative Writing
Mark Levine 1997 Creative Writing
Thomas Reiter 2003 Creative Writing
Carolyn Alessio 2008 Creative Writing
Pedro Ponce 2012 Creative Writing
Walter Hall 1970 Creative Writing
William Meissner 1975 Creative Writing
Alice Walker 1978 Creative Writing
Alan Cheuse 1980 Creative Writing
Patricia A. Eakins 1981 Creative Writing
Debra Allbery 1986 Creative Writing
Lucy Ferriss 1988 Creative Writing
Ursula Hegi 1990 Creative Writing