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
Kathleen Fraser 1977 Creative Writing
Paul Kahn 1979 Creative Writing
George Bennett 1981 Creative Writing
Michael Martone 1983 Creative Writing
Steve Kowit 1985 Creative Writing
Dean Young 1988 Creative Writing
Leslie Lawrence 1990 Creative Writing
Ann Packer 1993 Creative Writing
Robert Greenfield 1995 Creative Writing
Paul Greenberg 2006 Creative Writing
Major Jackson 2015 Creative Writing
William Edyvean 1968 Creative Writing
Phyllis Janowitz 1974 Creative Writing
Yong Ik Kim 1976 Creative Writing
Donald Junkins 1979 Creative Writing
Daniel Fleshler 1983 Creative Writing
Jerome Charyn 1985 Creative Writing
Robert Shaw 1987 Creative Writing
Ana Castillo 1990 Creative Writing
Lisa Bernstein 1992 Creative Writing