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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ai | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Ronald Sukenick | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Thomas McGrath | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Larry Watson | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Ricardo Aquilar | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Cornelia Nixon | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Vickie Karp | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Sarah Elizabeth Fox | 1999 | Creative Writing | |
| Gregory Glazner | 2005 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Knight | 2009 | Creative Writing | |
| Dionne Ford | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Oreste D'Arconte | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Larry Levis | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| John Carpenter | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Mark Strand | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Kevin O'Morrison | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Irene Wanner | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Cadnum | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Abby Frucht | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Eudora Welty | 1989 | Creative Writing |