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
Elizabeth Spires 1982 Creative Writing
John F. Pfeil 1982 Creative Writing
Michael P. Schulze 1982 Creative Writing
Robert Morgan 1982 Creative Writing
Walter Myers 1982 Creative Writing
David M. Guss 1982 Translation Carib
Barbara Raskin 1982 Creative Writing
Frank Waters 1982 Creative Writing
John W. Woods 1982 Creative Writing
Michael Thelwell 1982 Creative Writing
Roberta Spear 1982 Creative Writing
Wendy Rose 1982 Creative Writing
Edwin Honig 1982 Translation Portuguese
Barbara Szerlip 1982 Creative Writing
Gary A. Soto 1982 Creative Writing
John Witte 1982 Creative Writing
Myra Sklarew 1982 Creative Writing
Ronald Spatz 1982 Creative Writing
William O'Rourke 1982 Creative Writing
Anthony Kerrigan 1982 Translation Spanish