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
Marilyn Thompson 1975 Creative Writing
Bill Roorbach 2002 Creative Writing
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing
Karl Iagnemma 2004 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
Rosemary Mahoney 2006 Creative Writing
Sabrina Orah Mark 2007 Creative Writing
Lloyd Gold 1976 Creative Writing
William Hjortsberg 1976 Creative Writing
Michael Dennis Browne 1977 Creative Writing
Granville, Jr. Walker 1978 Creative Writing
Paul Bowles 1978 Creative Writing
David Bosworth 1979 Creative Writing
Ray DiPalma 1979 Creative Writing
Lloyd Zimpel 1980 Creative Writing
Edward Franklin 1989 Creative Writing
Wendy Kesselman 1980 Creative Writing
Ronald Sukenick 1989 Creative Writing
George Bennett 1981 Creative Writing
James Haug 1990 Creative Writing