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
Harry Crews 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Hedin 1976 Creative Writing
Alfred Corn 1979 Creative Writing
Scott R. Sommer 1980 Creative Writing
Walter Myers 1982 Creative Writing
Andre Dubus 1985 Creative Writing
Lore Segal 1987 Creative Writing
Robert Farnsworth 1989 Creative Writing
Dennis Schmitz 1992 Creative Writing
William Logan 1994 Creative Writing
Wendy M. Mnookin 1999 Creative Writing
Jane Hirshfield 2005 Creative Writing
Orlando Menes 2009 Creative Writing
Lucas Mann 2018 Creative Writing
Richard Stern 1966 Creative Writing
Mark P. Costello 1973 Creative Writing
John Taggart 1976 Creative Writing
Mary Hughes 1978 Creative Writing
Lazarre Seymour Simckes 1980 Creative Writing
Jewell Parker Rhodes 1982 Creative Writing