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
Frances Sherwood 1990 Creative Writing
John Vernon 1990 Creative Writing
Mark Richard 1990 Creative Writing
Phillip Sterling 1990 Creative Writing
Ursula Hegi 1990 Creative Writing
David Rubin 1990 Translation Hindi
Cynthia MacDonald 1990 Creative Writing
Gary Holthaus 1990 Creative Writing
Katherine Coles 1990 Creative Writing
Mark St. Pierre 1990 Creative Writing
Robert Hershon 1990 Creative Writing
Valerie Martin 1990 Creative Writing
Adele Dumaran 1990 Creative Writing
Darrell Lum 1990 Creative Writing
Genaro Gonzalez 1990 Creative Writing
Kathleen Hill 1990 Creative Writing
Martha Collins 1990 Creative Writing
Robert J. Byrd 1990 Creative Writing
Wallace Stegner 1990 Creative Writing
Alex Kuo 1990 Creative Writing