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
Sarah Viren 2020 Creative Writing
Arthur Pfister 1970 Creative Writing
James Bertolino 1975 Creative Writing
Lorna Dee Cervantes 1977 Creative Writing
Peter Klappert 1979 Creative Writing
Greg Kuzma 1981 Creative Writing
Michelle Cliff 1983 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1985 Creative Writing
Denise Giardina 1988 Creative Writing
Lisel Mueller 1990 Creative Writing
Benjamin Howard 1993 Creative Writing
Sally Bellerose 1995 Creative Writing
Rigoberto Gonzalez 2006 Creative Writing
Christopher Kempf 2015 Creative Writing
Yvor Winters 1968 Creative Writing
Richard Brickner 1974 Creative Writing
Allen Planz 1977 Creative Writing
E. Norman Dukes 1979 Creative Writing
David Carkeet 1983 Creative Writing
Jim Krusoe 1985 Creative Writing