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
Marilyn Mei Ling Chin 1985 Creative Writing
Paula L. Jones 1985 Creative Writing
Steve Kowit 1985 Creative Writing
Geoffrey Gardner 1986 Translation French
Caroline Knox 1986 Creative Writing
Essex Hemphill 1986 Creative Writing
John Gantos 1986 Creative Writing
Lynn Luria-Sukenick 1986 Creative Writing
Randolph Bates 1986 Creative Writing
Vicki Lindner 1986 Creative Writing
Agnes Moncy Gullon 1986 Translation Spanish
Cecil Giscombe 1986 Creative Writing
Francine Prose 1986 Creative Writing
John Taggart 1986 Creative Writing
Margot Livesey 1986 Creative Writing
Richard D. Cole 1986 Creative Writing
Wendy Barker 1986 Creative Writing
Naomi Lazard 1986 Translation Urdu
Christopher Gilbert 1986 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1986 Creative Writing