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
Roger Greenwald 2003 Translation Swedish, Danish
Davis McCombs 2003 Creative Writing
Paisley Rekdal 2003 Creative Writing
Alexis Levitin 2003 Translation Portuguese
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing
Peter Shippy 2003 Creative Writing
Bernard Waldrop 2003 Translation French
Eliot Wilson 2003 Creative Writing
Quan Barry 2003 Creative Writing
Angela Shaw 2003 Creative Writing
Gary Young 2003 Creative Writing
Ralph Adamo 2003 Creative Writing
Ann Townsend 2003 Creative Writing
Geoffrey Brock 2003 Creative Writing
Robert Thomas 2003 Creative Writing
Beth Ann Fennelly 2003 Creative Writing
Jacqueline Lyons 2003 Creative Writing
Ron Silliman 2003 Creative Writing
Brian Teare 2003 Creative Writing
Jeffrey McDaniel 2003 Creative Writing