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
George Tysh 1979 Creative Writing
John Pauker 1979 Creative Writing
Madison Morrison 1979 Creative Writing
Peter Seaton 1979 Creative Writing
Sandra McPherson 1979 Creative Writing
William Corbett 1979 Creative Writing
Barbara Guest 1979 Creative Writing
Dara Wier 1979 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1979 Creative Writing
John Unterecker 1979 Creative Writing
Marie Ponsot 1979 Creative Writing
Philip Booth 1979 Creative Writing
Shirley Kaufman 1979 Creative Writing
William Knott 1979 Creative Writing
Barrett Watten 1979 Creative Writing
David Black 1979 Creative Writing
Gus Blaisdell 1979 Creative Writing
Juan Felipe Herrera 1979 Creative Writing
Marilyn Boucher 1979 Creative Writing
Philip Dow 1979 Creative Writing