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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Welch | 1970 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Palmer | 1975 | Creative Writing | |
| Olga Broumas | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Rosmarie Waldrop | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Jon Anderson | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Steiner | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Gregory Blake Smith | 1988 | Creative Writing | |
| Patricia Hampl | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Dennis Loy Johnson | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Donald Antrim | 2002 | Creative Writing | |
| Christopher Kennedy | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Frank D. McConnell | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Stephen Dobyns | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Edward Wilson | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Jayne Cortez | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Audre G. Lorde | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Elizabeth Tallent | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Margaret Gibson | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| William Holm | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Debra Spark | 1990 | Creative Writing |