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 Sort ascending | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| John Wieners | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Mark Strand | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Ford | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| William D. Lee | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Josef Lustig | 1986 | Translation | Czech |
| Cyrus Cassells | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Gina Berriault | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Jon Anderson | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Martin Espada | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Ives | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Wright Morris | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Bill (Red Pine) Porter | 1986 | Translation | Chinese |
| Daniel Thrapp | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Gjertrud Schnackenberg | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Jon Davis | 1986 | Creative Writing |