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 Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Cliff | 1989 | Creative Writing | |
| Diane Glancy | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Stanley Banks | 1990 | Creative Writing | |
| Jonathan S. Cohen | 1991 | Creative Writing | |
| Andrew Hudgins | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Richard Frost | 1992 | Creative Writing | |
| Joyce James | 1993 | Creative Writing | |
| Flower Conroy | 2021 | Creative Writing | |
| John O. Killens | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Theodore Weiss | 1966 | Creative Writing | |
| Violet Kupersmith | 2022 | Creative Writing | |
| Spalding Gray | 1980 | Creative Writing | |
| Lewis Lipsitz | 1968 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Wood Lynn | 2023 | Creative Writing | |
| David Low | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Tom Clark | 1969 | Creative Writing | |
| Elizabeth Rush | 2024 | Creative Writing | |
| Roberta Kalechofsky | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| John Gardner | 1972 | Creative Writing | |
| Gary A. Soto | 1982 | Creative Writing |