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
Valerie Martin 1990 Creative Writing
Adele Dumaran 1990 Creative Writing
Darrell Lum 1990 Creative Writing
Genaro Gonzalez 1990 Creative Writing
Kathleen Hill 1990 Creative Writing
Martha Collins 1990 Creative Writing
Robert J. Byrd 1990 Creative Writing
Wallace Stegner 1990 Creative Writing
Alex Kuo 1990 Creative Writing
David A. Walton 1990 Creative Writing
George Bradley 1990 Creative Writing
Kathy Callaway 1990 Creative Writing
Michael Bugeja 1990 Creative Writing
Robin Carey 1990 Creative Writing
William O'Rourke 1990 Creative Writing
Alison Deming 1990 Creative Writing
David Markson 1990 Creative Writing
Gregory Barron 1990 Creative Writing
Kim Addonizio 1990 Creative Writing
Michael Spence 1990 Creative Writing