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
John Kessel 1980 Creative Writing
Lee Breuer 1980 Creative Writing
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall 1980 Creative Writing
Phillip Bosakowski 1980 Creative Writing
Saul O. Sanchez 1980 Creative Writing
Timothy Burns 1980 Creative Writing
Ann Cavallaro 1980 Creative Writing
Charles Johnson 1980 Creative Writing
Ernest A. Gray 1980 Creative Writing
James M. Hoggard 1980 Creative Writing
John Krich 1980 Creative Writing
Lee Zacharias 1980 Creative Writing
Maxine Hong Kingston 1980 Creative Writing
Randolph Carter 1980 Creative Writing
Saul Zachary 1980 Creative Writing
Tom DeHaven 1980 Creative Writing
Arnold M. Rabin 1980 Creative Writing
Charles Marowitz 1980 Creative Writing
Ernest A. Joselovitz 1980 Creative Writing
James W. Brown 1980 Creative Writing