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
John Taggart 1986 Creative Writing
Stephen Sandy 1988 Creative Writing
Claire Bateman 1991 Creative Writing
Robert Dana 1993 Creative Writing
Ann Christie 1997 Creative Writing
David Keplinger 2003 Creative Writing
Rachel Contreni Flynn 2007 Creative Writing
Monica McFawn 2016 Creative Writing
Henry Carlile 1970 Creative Writing
Mark Vinz 1975 Creative Writing
Nora Sayre 1977 Creative Writing
Ron Silliman 1979 Creative Writing
John I. Knoepfle 1981 Creative Writing
Robert Day 1983 Creative Writing
Gerald Costanzo 1988 Creative Writing
Nadja Tesich 1990 Creative Writing
David Mura 1993 Creative Writing
Cydney Marie Chadwick 2002 Creative Writing
Cecilia Woloch 2011 Creative Writing
Laurie Young 2015 Creative Writing