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
Sean Brendan-Brown 1997 Creative Writing
Carol Snow 1997 Creative Writing
Judith Hall 1997 Creative Writing
Susan Prospere 1997 Creative Writing
Catherine Sasanov 1997 Creative Writing
Kathleen Halme 1997 Creative Writing
Thomas Rabbitt 1997 Creative Writing
Cathy Song 1997 Creative Writing
L.S. Asekoff 1997 Creative Writing
William Keckler 1997 Creative Writing
Charles Rossiter 1997 Creative Writing
Leonard Schwartz 1997 Creative Writing
Cynthia Zarin 1997 Creative Writing
Leslea Newman 1997 Creative Writing
David Biespiel 1997 Creative Writing
Linda-Ruth Berger 1997 Creative Writing
Deborah DeNicola 1997 Creative Writing
Lisa Coffman 1997 Creative Writing
Dionisio Martinez 1997 Creative Writing
Margaret Almon 1997 Creative Writing