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
Sandra Cisneros 1988 Creative Writing
Bruce McAllister 1991 Creative Writing
Regina McBride 1993 Creative Writing
D. A. Powell 2003 Creative Writing
Nicole Walker 2007 Creative Writing
Mehdi Tavana Okasi 2016 Creative Writing
Fanny Howe 1970 Creative Writing
Lucien Stryk 1975 Creative Writing
Morton Lichter 1977 Creative Writing
Robert Siegel 1979 Creative Writing
Joan E. Torres 1981 Creative Writing
Richard Bausch 1983 Creative Writing
William Wiser 1985 Creative Writing
George Economou 1988 Creative Writing
Michael Spence 1990 Creative Writing
David Fisher 1993 Creative Writing
Brennen Wysong 2002 Creative Writing
Aracelis Girmay 2011 Creative Writing
Eliot Wilson 2015 Creative Writing
Dennis Trudell 1969 Creative Writing