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
David Steingass 1972 Creative Writing
Arthur Vogelsang 1976 Creative Writing
Catherine Petroski 1978 Creative Writing
Bernard H. Porter 1980 Creative Writing
Rosellen Brown 1981 Creative Writing
Carol Muske-Dukes 1984 Creative Writing
Essex Hemphill 1986 Creative Writing
Pamela Painter 1988 Creative Writing
Merle Drown 1993 Creative Writing
Laurie Sheck 1996 Creative Writing
John M. Bradley 2007 Creative Writing
William Moeckel 2011 Creative Writing
Paul Harding 2016 Creative Writing
Peng Shepherd 2020 Creative Writing
W. S. Merwin 1969 Creative Writing
Helga Morpurgo 1975 Creative Writing
Jonathan Williams 1977 Creative Writing
Paul Auster 1979 Creative Writing
Gary Kissick 1981 Creative Writing
Maureen Spike 1983 Creative Writing