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
Jan Reid 1983 Creative Writing
Mona Van Duyn 1985 Creative Writing
Gary Holthaus 1990 Creative Writing
Scott Bradfield 1992 Creative Writing
Julie Checkoway 1995 Creative Writing
Gary Duehr 2001 Creative Writing
Emily Barton 2006 Creative Writing
Rebecca Solnit 2010 Creative Writing
Ilya Kaminsky 2019 Creative Writing
John Berryman 1968 Creative Writing
John Irving 1974 Creative Writing
Shreela Ray 1976 Creative Writing
Barrett Watten 1979 Creative Writing
Susan Yankowitz 1980 Creative Writing
Daryl Jones 1985 Creative Writing
Michelle Carter 1987 Creative Writing
Stephen E. Dunn 1989 Creative Writing
George Looney 1992 Creative Writing
Beth Kephart 2000 Creative Writing
Kimberly Johnson 2005 Creative Writing