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 ascending | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Jackson | 2015 | Creative Writing | |
| Mairi MacInnes McCormick | 1984 | Creative Writing | |
| Maia Evrona Statlender-Donnelly | 2016 | Translation | Yiddish |
| Mai Vo-Dinh | 1983 | Translation | Vietnamese |
| Mahmud Rahman | 2025 | Translation | Bengali |
| Maggie Zebracka | 2021 | Translation | Polish |
| Maggie Smith | 2011 | Creative Writing | |
| Maggie Shipstead | 2020 | Creative Writing | |
| Maggie Dubris | 2001 | Creative Writing | |
| Magda Bogin | 1981 | Translation | Catalan, Spanish |
| Magda Bogin | 1985 | Translation | Catalan, Spanish |
| Madison Smartt Bell | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Madison Morrison | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Madelon Sprengnether | 1987 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeline DeFrees | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Cravens | 2025 | Creative Writing | |
| Madeleine Burnside | 1979 | Creative Writing | |
| Maaza Mengiste | 2018 | Creative Writing | |
| M. Shayne Bell | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Lytton Smith | 2019 | Translation | Icelandic |