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
Karen An-hwei Lee 2005 Creative Writing
Robert Cording 2005 Creative Writing
Aaron Crippen 2005 Translation Chinese
Bertram, Jr. Fairchild 2005 Creative Writing
Kathleen Flenniken 2005 Creative Writing
Robert Hill Long 2005 Creative Writing
Marjolijn de Jager 2005 Translation Dutch
Cathy Hong 2005 Creative Writing
Kathleen Peirce 2005 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
Leonard Fox 2005 Translation Malagasy, French
Cyrus Cassells 2005 Creative Writing
Kevin Young 2005 Creative Writing
Sarah Kennedy 2005 Creative Writing
Kent Johnson 2005 Translation Spanish
David Baker 2005 Creative Writing
Kimberly Johnson 2005 Creative Writing
Sean Singer 2005 Creative Writing
Kerry Keys 2005 Translation Lithuanian
Eric Pankey 2005 Creative Writing