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
Pati Hill 1976 Creative Writing
Susan Neville 1978 Creative Writing
Phillip Bosakowski 1980 Creative Writing
Richard Price 1982 Creative Writing
William Logan 1984 Creative Writing
Jane Shore 1987 Creative Writing
Lynda Hull 1989 Creative Writing
Alan Shapiro 1992 Creative Writing
Robert Olen Butler 1994 Creative Writing
Julie Jordan Hanson 1999 Creative Writing
Hayan Charara 2009 Creative Writing
Sarah Mangold 2013 Creative Writing
Josephine Miles 1966 Creative Writing
Helen Sorrells 1973 Creative Writing
James DenBoer 1976 Creative Writing
Kathleen Spivack 1978 Creative Writing
John E. White 1980 Creative Writing
David McKain 1982 Creative Writing
Marcia Southwick 1984 Creative Writing
Ronald Loewinsohn 1986 Creative Writing