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
Suzanne Paola 2002 Creative Writing
Brennen Wysong 2002 Creative Writing
Marshall Klimasewiski 2002 Creative Writing
Chris Adrian 2002 Creative Writing
Mary Allen 2002 Creative Writing
Christie Hodgen 2002 Creative Writing
Mary Yukari Waters 2002 Creative Writing
John Batki 2002 Translation Hungarian
Cydney Marie Chadwick 2002 Creative Writing
Matthew Klam 2002 Creative Writing
Herbert Batt 2002 Translation Chinese
David Searcy 2002 Creative Writing
Michael Paterniti 2002 Creative Writing
Carol Ueland 2003 Translation Russian
David Gravender 2003 Creative Writing
Marlys West 2003 Creative Writing
Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright 2003 Translation German
David Keplinger 2003 Creative Writing
Nan Cohen 2003 Creative Writing
Roger Greenwald 2003 Translation Swedish, Danish