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
Leonard Roberts 1984 Creative Writing
Philip Schneider 1986 Creative Writing
Anne Calcagno 1989 Creative Writing
John Krich 1991 Creative Writing
Naomi French Wallace 1997 Creative Writing
Courtney Brkic 2008 Creative Writing
Rene Vasicek 2012 Creative Writing
Natalie Eilbert 2021 Creative Writing
Adrienne Kennedy 1972 Creative Writing
Allan Gurganus 1976 Creative Writing
Andre Dubus 1978 Creative Writing
Angela Jackson 1980 Creative Writing
Richard A. Blessing 1981 Creative Writing
Alan Shapiro 1984 Creative Writing
Dianne Benedict 1986 Creative Writing
Maureen Howard 1988 Creative Writing
William O'Rourke 1990 Creative Writing
Lorna Dee Cervantes 1993 Creative Writing
John Koethe 1996 Creative Writing
Suzanne Paola 2002 Creative Writing