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
Alan D. Nurkse 1984 Creative Writing
Diane Ackerman 1986 Creative Writing
Marly Swick 1988 Creative Writing
Wallace Stegner 1990 Creative Writing
Loretta M. Sharp 1993 Creative Writing
John High 1996 Creative Writing
Steven Sherrill 2002 Creative Writing
James Hoch 2007 Creative Writing
Randall Horton 2011 Creative Writing
Michael Croley 2016 Creative Writing
Lance Olsen 2020 Creative Writing
Richard Brautigan 1969 Creative Writing
Del Hunt 1975 Creative Writing
Jeff Pate 1977 Creative Writing
Marshall Reese 1979 Creative Writing
Edmund Keeley 1981 Creative Writing
Lewis Cole 1983 Creative Writing
Robert Grenier 1985 Creative Writing
Carl Dennis 1988 Creative Writing
John Dickson 1990 Creative Writing