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
Dorianne Laux 1990 Creative Writing
James Brock 1990 Creative Writing
Lezli White 1990 Creative Writing
Patricia Hampl 1990 Creative Writing
Stanley Crawford 1990 Creative Writing
J. Martin Holman 1990 Translation Japanese
Brenda Osbey 1990 Creative Writing
Doris Rochlin 1990 Creative Writing
James Haug 1990 Creative Writing
Lisel Mueller 1990 Creative Writing
Paul Genega 1990 Creative Writing
Stephanie Miskowski 1990 Creative Writing
Michael H. March 1990 Translation Serbo-Croatian
C. W. Smith 1990 Creative Writing
Douglas Bauer 1990 Creative Writing
James Scully 1990 Creative Writing
Lloyd Schwartz 1990 Creative Writing
Paul Lisicky 1990 Creative Writing
Stephen Benson 1990 Creative Writing
Steven Murray 1990 Translation Danish