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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Rash | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Kim Suzanne Bridgeford | 1999 | Creative Writing | |
| Helen Frost | 2009 | Creative Writing | |
| Sarah Vap | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Dena Afrasiabi | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Julia Randall Sawyer | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Jack Anderson | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| James Harris | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Kenneth Bernard | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| John Ford Noonan | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| David P. Young | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Marcus Grapes | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Sharon Stark | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| David Foster Wallace | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Kevin Stein | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| D. J. Waldie | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Amanda Cockrell | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| Andrew Winer | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Hester Kaplan | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Veronica Chambers | 2012 | Creative Writing |