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 Sort descending | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Luria-Sukenick | 1974 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Luria-Sukenick | 1986 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Shoemaker | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Stegner | 2000 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Strongin | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynn Xu | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Barrett | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne deCourcy | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Knight | 2009 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Lawner | 2013 | Translation | Italian |
| Lynne McFall | 1995 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne McFall | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Sharon Schwartz | 1985 | Creative Writing | |
| Lynne Sharon Schwartz | 2002 | Translation | Italian |
| Lysley Tenorio | 2006 | Creative Writing | |
| Lytton Smith | 2019 | Translation | Icelandic |
| M. Shayne Bell | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Maaza Mengiste | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Burnside | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Cravens | 2025 | Creative Writing |