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
Bruce Beasley 1992 Creative Writing
George Looney 1992 Creative Writing
June G. Wagner 1992 Creative Writing
Melanie Rae Thon 1992 Creative Writing
Rodger Kamenetz 1992 Creative Writing
Howard Goldblatt 1992 Translation Chinese
C. Jane Bradley 1992 Creative Writing
Ian MacMillan 1992 Creative Writing
Karen Karbo 1992 Creative Writing
Michelle Clinton 1992 Creative Writing
Russell Edson 1992 Creative Writing
Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno 1992 Translation Spanish
Christy S. Sanford 1992 Creative Writing
Jack Cady 1992 Creative Writing
Katherine Min 1992 Creative Writing
Nanci Kincaid 1992 Creative Writing
Ruth-Miriam Garnett 1992 Creative Writing
William J. Tyler 1992 Translation Japanese
Cornelia Nixon 1992 Creative Writing
James Scott Ely 1992 Creative Writing