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
Joshua Thomas Russell 2006 Creative Writing
Paul Greenberg 2006 Creative Writing
John Balcom 2005 Translation Chinese
Allen Braden 2005 Creative Writing
Jon Davis 2005 Creative Writing
Richard Siken 2005 Creative Writing
Wayne Cox 2005 Translation Catalan
Belle Randall 2005 Creative Writing
Karen An-hwei Lee 2005 Creative Writing
Robert Cording 2005 Creative Writing
Aaron Crippen 2005 Translation Chinese
Bertram, Jr. Fairchild 2005 Creative Writing
Kathleen Flenniken 2005 Creative Writing
Robert Hill Long 2005 Creative Writing
Marjolijn de Jager 2005 Translation Dutch
Cathy Hong 2005 Creative Writing
Kathleen Peirce 2005 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
Leonard Fox 2005 Translation Malagasy, French
Cyrus Cassells 2005 Creative Writing