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
Mona Simpson 1986 Creative Writing
Sharon Stark 1986 Creative Writing
Andrew Hudgins 1986 Creative Writing
Diane Ackerman 1986 Creative Writing
Jack Myers 1986 Creative Writing
Kenneth Glantz 1986 Creative Writing
Norman Rush 1986 Creative Writing
Sherry Rind 1986 Creative Writing
Barbara Anderson 1986 Creative Writing
Dianne Benedict 1986 Creative Writing
Jamaica Kincaid 1986 Creative Writing
Kimiko Hahn 1986 Creative Writing
Nubia Kai Salaam 1986 Creative Writing
Stephanie Vaughn 1986 Creative Writing
Barbara Drake 1986 Creative Writing
Donald Stap 1986 Creative Writing
James Galvin 1986 Creative Writing
Laurence Lieberman 1986 Creative Writing
Paul Estaver 1986 Creative Writing
Stephen Dobyns 1986 Creative Writing