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
Jonathan Waterman 2004 Creative Writing
Scott Sanders 2004 Creative Writing
Peter Constantine (aka Theologhides) 2004 Translation Greek
Carolyn Ferrell 2004 Creative Writing
Joshua Harmon 2004 Creative Writing
T. Greenwood 2004 Creative Writing
Erdag Goknar 2004 Translation Turkish
Carrie Brown 2004 Creative Writing
Judy Blunt 2004 Creative Writing
Tom Barbash 2004 Creative Writing
Prasenjit Gupta 2004 Translation Bengali
Charles Kemnitz 2004 Creative Writing
Julene Bair 2004 Creative Writing
Wayne Karlin 2004 Creative Writing
John Balcom 2005 Translation Chinese
Allen Braden 2005 Creative Writing
Jon Davis 2005 Creative Writing
Richard Siken 2005 Creative Writing
Wayne Cox 2005 Translation Catalan
Belle Randall 2005 Creative Writing