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
Mark Wunderlich 2005 Creative Writing
Tyehimba Jess 2005 Creative Writing
Adam Sorkin 2005 Translation Romanian
James Daniels 2005 Creative Writing
Marlon Lee Fick 2005 Creative Writing
Young Smith 2005 Creative Writing
Steven Stewart 2005 Translation Spanish
James Harms 2005 Creative Writing
Mary Adams 2005 Creative Writing
Virlana Tkacz 2005 Translation Ukrainian
Jane Hirshfield 2005 Creative Writing
Matthew Donovan 2005 Creative Writing
Bill (Red Pine) Porter 2005 Translation Chinese
Jeffrey James Thomson 2005 Creative Writing
Michael Blumenthal 2005 Creative Writing
Alex Lemon 2005 Creative Writing
Jill McDonough 2005 Creative Writing
Michael Teig 2005 Creative Writing
Alice Fulton 2005 Creative Writing
John Isles 2005 Creative Writing