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
Richard Brickner 1974 Creative Writing
Richard Brautigan 1969 Creative Writing
Richard Bausch 1983 Creative Writing
Richard A. Blessing 1981 Creative Writing
Ricardo Aquilar 1989 Creative Writing
Ri J. Turner 2018 Translation Yiddish
Rhonda Buchanan 2006 Translation Spanish
Rhoda Lerman 1989 Creative Writing
Reynolds Price 1966 Creative Writing
Reuel Denney 1966 Creative Writing
Renee Simms 2018 Creative Writing
Renee Manfredi 1992 Creative Writing
Renee Lieberman 1978 Creative Writing
Renée Branum 2020 Creative Writing
Renee Ashley 1997 Creative Writing
Rene Vasicek 2012 Creative Writing
Reginald Shepherd 1995 Creative Writing
Reginald Saner 1976 Creative Writing
Reginald McKnight 1991 Creative Writing
Reginald Gibbons 1984 Creative Writing