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 Sort ascending | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Gilbert | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Delaney | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Suzanne Matson | 2012 | Creative Writing | |
| Jesús Ignacio Castillo | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Quenton Baker | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| Etheridge Knight | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Barbara Szerlip | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Claude Stanush | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Bette Pesetsky | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Russell Edson | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Carolyn Forche | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Gibbons Ruark | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Patricia Reeves | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Heffernan | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Marina L. Harris | 1996 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Campana | 2007 | Creative Writing | |
| Kevin Haworth | 2016 | Creative Writing | |
| Joni Tevis | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Alice Walker | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| Ishmael Reed | 1975 | Creative Writing |