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
Arthur Kopit 1974 Creative Writing
Morna Murphy 1976 Creative Writing
Ronald Loewinsohn 1978 Creative Writing
Paul Zweig 1980 Creative Writing
Philip Schultz 1982 Creative Writing
Thomas Brush 1984 Creative Writing
Grace Paley 1987 Creative Writing
Leslie Ullman 1989 Creative Writing
Rebecca Godwin 1994 Creative Writing
George Economou 1999 Creative Writing
Chelsea Rathburn 2009 Creative Writing
Rickey McGhee 2013 Creative Writing
Yvonne Woon 2022 Creative Writing
John Finlay 1966 Creative Writing
Edward Dahlberg 1973 Creative Writing
Henry Carlile 1976 Creative Writing
Jonis Agee 1978 Creative Writing
Joe Ashby Porter 1980 Creative Writing
Charles W. Thompson 1982 Creative Writing
Lola Haskins 1984 Creative Writing