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
Philip Levine 1981 Creative Writing
Stephen W. Hathaway 1981 Creative Writing
Eleni Fourtouni 1981 Translation Greek
Ann Birstein 1981 Creative Writing
Clark L. Blaise 1981 Creative Writing
Elizabeth L. Hardwick 1981 Creative Writing
Jeffrey M. Wanshel 1981 Creative Writing
Leslie Brody 1981 Creative Writing
Richard A. Blessing 1981 Creative Writing
Steve Cannon 1981 Creative Writing
Marion P. Holt 1981 Translation Spanish
Ann Deagon 1981 Creative Writing
Conyus Calhoun 1981 Creative Writing
Etheridge Knight 1981 Creative Writing
Joan E. Torres 1981 Creative Writing
Leslie D. Epstein 1981 Creative Writing
Richard Currey 1981 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1981 Creative Writing
Suzanne Jill Levine 1981 Translation Spanish
Annie Dillard 1981 Creative Writing