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
Walter Abish 1979 Creative Writing
Bernard H. Porter 1980 Creative Writing
Constance DeJong 1980 Creative Writing
Francine Prose 1980 Creative Writing
Joanna M. Glass 1980 Creative Writing
Josephine Miles 1980 Creative Writing
Lou Berger 1980 Creative Writing
Orlando Romero 1980 Creative Writing
Richard J. Nelson 1980 Creative Writing
Stephen Harrigan 1980 Creative Writing
Willard Trask 1980 Creative Writing
Bernard Myers 1980 Creative Writing
David Rains Wallace 1980 Creative Writing
Frank Chin 1980 Creative Writing
Joanne M. Meschery 1980 Creative Writing
Julia Markus 1980 Creative Writing
Louise B. Rose 1980 Creative Writing
Page Stegner 1980 Creative Writing
Robert Duncan 1980 Creative Writing
Sterling Brown 1980 Creative Writing