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
Jayne Cortez 1979 Creative Writing
Lee K. Abbott 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Auster 1979 Creative Writing
Roderick Jellema 1979 Creative Writing
Vance Bourjailly 1979 Creative Writing
Allen Ginsberg 1979 Creative Writing
Charles Simic 1979 Creative Writing
E. Norman Dukes 1979 Creative Writing
Joel Oppenheimer 1979 Creative Writing
Lewis Warsh 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Hoover 1979 Creative Writing
Ron Silliman 1979 Creative Writing
Vern Rutsala 1979 Creative Writing
Anne Waldman 1979 Creative Writing
Charles Stein 1979 Creative Writing
Edward Lahey 1979 Creative Writing
John Brandi 1979 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Kahn 1979 Creative Writing
Ronald Rector 1979 Creative Writing