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
Peter Orlovsky 1979 Creative Writing
Gretel Ehrlich 1981 Creative Writing
Nancy Packer 1983 Creative Writing
Tobias Wolff 1985 Creative Writing
Dolores Kendrick 1988 Creative Writing
Lloyd Schwartz 1990 Creative Writing
C. K. Williams 1993 Creative Writing
Steven Rinehart 1995 Creative Writing
Ron Rash 2006 Creative Writing
Shara Lessley 2015 Creative Writing
Aram Saroyan 1969 Creative Writing
Robert Bagg 1974 Creative Writing
Barbara Garson 1977 Creative Writing
Edward Lahey 1979 Creative Writing
David E. Ray 1983 Creative Writing
Joanne M. Meschery 1985 Creative Writing
Ruth Borson 1987 Creative Writing
Audre G. Lorde 1990 Creative Writing
Lynn Emanuel 1992 Creative Writing
Douglas King 1995 Creative Writing