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
Carolynne Scott 1978 Creative Writing
Louis Ohle 1978 Creative Writing
Anne Waldman 1979 Creative Writing
Vincent Gotera 1993 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1979 Creative Writing
Philip St. Clair 1994 Creative Writing
Bebe Moore Campbell 1980 Creative Writing
Fenton Johnson 1995 Creative Writing
Abby Frucht 1996 Creative Writing
Kathleen Halme 1997 Creative Writing
David J. Smith 1999 Creative Writing
Timothy Keane 2000 Creative Writing
Jonathan Franzen 2002 Creative Writing
George Evans 1984 Creative Writing
Reginald Gibbons 1984 Creative Writing
Gerald Burns 1985 Creative Writing
Thomas Crawford 1985 Creative Writing
John Taggart 1986 Creative Writing
Charles Hammer 1987 Creative Writing
Ralph Lombreglia 1987 Creative Writing