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
Ramona Weeks 1969 Creative Writing
Ramona Weeks 1974 Creative Writing
Ramon Sender 1983 Creative Writing
Ramola Dharmaraj 2005 Creative Writing
Ralph R. Read 1981 Translation German
Ralph McInerny 1983 Creative Writing
Ralph McCarthy 1994 Translation Japanese
Ralph Lombreglia 1987 Creative Writing
Ralph Burns 1984 Creative Writing
Ralph Burns 1993 Creative Writing
Ralph Beer 1986 Creative Writing
Ralph Adamo 2003 Creative Writing
Rajesh Parameswaran 2014 Creative Writing
Rafael Zepeda 1993 Creative Writing
Rae Paris 2010 Creative Writing
Rae Dalven 1983 Translation Greek
Rachel Zucker 2013 Creative Writing
Rachel Richardson 2013 Creative Writing
Rachel Levy 2018 Creative Writing
Rachel Kadish 2000 Creative Writing