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
Robert Stone 1983 Creative Writing
Harold Jaffe 1988 Creative Writing
Paul Genega 1990 Creative Writing
Dwight Yates 1993 Creative Writing
George Clark 2002 Creative Writing
Cristin Aptowicz 2011 Creative Writing
Frederick Crews 1969 Creative Writing
Stephen Dixon 1974 Creative Writing
Edwin Honig 1977 Creative Writing
Joel Oppenheimer 1979 Creative Writing
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison 1981 Creative Writing
Fred Setterburg 1983 Creative Writing
Marilyn Hacker 1985 Creative Writing
William Lanouette 1987 Creative Writing
Denise Levertov 1990 Creative Writing
Richard Duggin 1992 Creative Writing
Jan Kubicki 1995 Creative Writing
Bruce Bond 2001 Creative Writing
Bret Anthony Johnston 2006 Creative Writing
Margaret McMullan 2010 Creative Writing