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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenna Luschei | 1977 | Creative Writing | |
| Juan Felipe Herrera | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Carol Frost | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Jaimy Gordon | 1983 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Pettit | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Fae Myenne Ng | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Rodger Kamenetz | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Jill Karen Ciment | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Denise Duhamel | 2001 | Creative Writing | |
| Debra Earling | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Padma Viswanathan | 2010 | Creative Writing | |
| Roy G. Guzmán | 2019 | Creative Writing | |
| Katie Condon | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Jessie Rosenberg | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| James Cross | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| S. Keith Althaus | 1976 | Creative Writing | |
| Armand Schwerner | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Steve Carter | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Cleopatra Mathis | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Heffernan | 1987 | Creative Writing |