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
John Crowe Ransom 1968 Creative Writing
Jose Yglesias 1974 Creative Writing
Stephen Berg 1976 Creative Writing
Bernadette Mayer 1979 Creative Writing
Sybil Claiborne 1980 Creative Writing
David Baker 1985 Creative Writing
Nancy Wood 1987 Creative Writing
Steven Wilson 1989 Creative Writing
Ian MacMillan 1992 Creative Writing
Brady Udall 2000 Creative Writing
Laura Kasischke 2005 Creative Writing
Thom Satterlee 2009 Creative Writing
Andrew Brininstool 2014 Creative Writing
Austin Smith 2018 Creative Writing
Faubion Bowers 1967 Creative Writing
Rosellen Brown 1973 Creative Writing
Leslie Ullman 1976 Creative Writing
Patricia Gibson 1978 Creative Writing
Marc A. Zagoren 1980 Creative Writing
Leo Romero 1982 Creative Writing