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
Jamey Gambrell 1994 Translation Russian
Cortney Davis 1994 Creative Writing
Jane Brox 1994 Creative Writing
Marina Temkina 1994 Creative Writing
Richard Reynolds 1994 Creative Writing
Tony Hoagland 1994 Creative Writing
William Kulik 1994 Translation French
D. J. Waldie 1994 Creative Writing
Jane McCafferty 1994 Creative Writing
Maureen Seaton 1994 Creative Writing
Richard Zimler 1994 Creative Writing
Vickie Karp 1994 Creative Writing
Ralph McCarthy 1994 Translation Japanese
Daniel Lyons 1994 Creative Writing
Jeanne Murr Walker 1994 Creative Writing
Meg Wolitzer 1994 Creative Writing
Robert Hedin 1994 Creative Writing
Virginia Furtwangler 1994 Creative Writing
Joachim Neugroschel 1994 Translation German
David Shevin 1994 Creative Writing