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
Todd Lieber 1987 Creative Writing
James Hannah 1988 Creative Writing
Louis Simpson 1966 Creative Writing
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing
Edward Franklin 1989 Creative Writing
Hortense Calisher 1968 Creative Writing
Karl Iagnemma 2004 Creative Writing
Ronald Sukenick 1989 Creative Writing
Leland Hickman 1969 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
James Haug 1990 Creative Writing
Carl Rakosi 1972 Creative Writing
Rosemary Mahoney 2006 Creative Writing
Johanna Kaplan 1973 Creative Writing
Sabrina Orah Mark 2007 Creative Writing
Marilynn Talal 1991 Creative Writing
Heather McHugh 1974 Creative Writing
Elizabeth Graver 1992 Creative Writing
Ann Stanford 1975 Creative Writing
Valerie Sayers 1992 Creative Writing