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
Sandra McPherson 1985 Creative Writing
Colette Inez 1988 Creative Writing
Laurence Yep 1990 Creative Writing
A. Manette Ansay 1993 Creative Writing
Richard McCann 1995 Creative Writing
Virgil Suarez 2001 Creative Writing
Oscar Casares 2006 Creative Writing
Donald (Sean) Hill 2015 Creative Writing
Sam Cornish 1968 Creative Writing
Paula Fox 1974 Creative Writing
William Ransom 1976 Creative Writing
Diane Ward 1979 Creative Writing
Constance Pierce 1983 Creative Writing
Jane Miller 1985 Creative Writing
Robert Morgan 1987 Creative Writing
Alex Kuo 1990 Creative Writing
Lawrence Wright 1992 Creative Writing
Cheryl Pearl Sucher 1995 Creative Writing
Peter Najarian 2000 Creative Writing
Young Smith 2005 Creative Writing