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
Jackson MacLow 1979 Creative Writing
Kit Robinson 1979 Creative Writing
Maureen Owen 1979 Creative Writing
Richard Gallup 1979 Creative Writing
Theodore Greenwald 1979 Creative Writing
Alan Jr. Bernheimer 1979 Creative Writing
Bruce Andrews 1979 Creative Writing
Diane di Prima 1979 Creative Writing
James Anderson 1979 Creative Writing
Larry Fagin 1979 Creative Writing
Michael Benedikt 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Grenier 1979 Creative Writing
Thomas Ahern 1979 Creative Writing
Albert Goldbarth 1979 Creative Writing
Carl Rakosi 1979 Creative Writing
Diane Ward 1979 Creative Writing
James McManus 1979 Creative Writing
Laura Chester 1979 Creative Writing
Michael Brownstein 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Hershon 1979 Creative Writing