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
Hortense Calisher 1968 Creative Writing
Heather McHugh 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Kelly 1976 Creative Writing
Alice Notley 1979 Creative Writing
Sharon A. White 1980 Creative Writing
Wendy Rose 1982 Creative Writing
Anthony Ardizzone 1985 Creative Writing
Lucia Berlin 1987 Creative Writing
Robert Hellenga 1989 Creative Writing
Diana Davenport 1992 Creative Writing
Jeffrey James Thomson 2005 Creative Writing
Patrick Phillips 2009 Creative Writing
Dawn Lundy Martin 2018 Creative Writing
Samuel Brasfield 1966 Creative Writing
Nicholas Delbanco 1973 Creative Writing
John Yau 1976 Creative Writing
Mary Marvin 1978 Creative Writing
Lee Breuer 1980 Creative Writing
Joan Swift 1982 Creative Writing
Michael Waters 1984 Creative Writing