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
Myra Glazer 1966 Creative Writing
James Richardson 2013 Creative Writing
Rodney L. Anderson 1980 Creative Writing
Joel Dressler 1968 Creative Writing
James Mersmann 1976 Creative Writing
Marilyn Mei Ling Chin 1985 Creative Writing
Josie Sibara 2014 Creative Writing
Carole Oligario 1981 Creative Writing
Ramona Weeks 1969 Creative Writing
Robert Kelly 1976 Creative Writing
C. J. Hribal 1986 Creative Writing
Mark Neely 2015 Creative Writing
Norman Lavers 1981 Creative Writing
Frederick Buell 1972 Creative Writing
Jack Conroy 1977 Creative Writing
Ralph Beer 1986 Creative Writing
Elisabeth Tova Bailey 2016 Creative Writing
David J. Smith 1982 Creative Writing
Kenneth Brown 1973 Creative Writing
Barbara Corcoran 1978 Creative Writing