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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bennett | 1973 | Creative Writing | |
| John Yount | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Mary Morris | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Lee Zacharias | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Joel R. Zoss | 1982 | Creative Writing | |
| Nancy Schoenberger | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Bapsy Sidhwa | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| George Evans | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Patrick Lawler | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Joseph Monninger | 1994 | Creative Writing | |
| Martha McPhee | 1998 | Creative Writing | |
| John Price | 2004 | Creative Writing | |
| Sheila Ortiz-Taylor | 2008 | Creative Writing | |
| Allison Seay | 2013 | Creative Writing | |
| Hai-Dang Phan | 2017 | Creative Writing | |
| Melissa Febos | 2022 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Elman | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Dennis Schmitz | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Hannah Green | 1978 | Creative Writing | |
| Eileen M. Zeitz | 1980 | Creative Writing |