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
Ann Deagon 1981 Creative Writing
Conyus Calhoun 1981 Creative Writing
Etheridge Knight 1981 Creative Writing
Joan E. Torres 1981 Creative Writing
Leslie D. Epstein 1981 Creative Writing
Richard Currey 1981 Creative Writing
Steven Katz 1981 Creative Writing
Suzanne Jill Levine 1981 Translation Spanish
Annie Dillard 1981 Creative Writing
Curtis L. Johnson 1981 Creative Writing
Garrett Hongo 1981 Creative Writing
Joan Eades 1981 Creative Writing
Lewis Hyde 1981 Creative Writing
Robert Creeley 1981 Creative Writing
Stuart Dybek 1981 Creative Writing
Mona Mikhail 1981 Translation Arabic
Audre G. Lorde 1981 Creative Writing
David Fisher 1981 Creative Writing
Gary Kissick 1981 Creative Writing
John Driscoll 1981 Creative Writing