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
Stuart Dybek 1994 Creative Writing
Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnson 1994 Translation Romanian
Diana Abu-Jaber 1994 Creative Writing
Katherine Wheeler 1994 Creative Writing
Natasha Tarpley 1994 Creative Writing
Suzanne Berne 1994 Creative Writing
Charles Dunlop 1994 Translation Japanese
Dina Ben-Lev 1994 Creative Writing
Kim Edwards 1994 Creative Writing
Pamala Karol 1994 Creative Writing
Teresa Cader 1994 Creative Writing
Arthur Sze 1993 Creative Writing
Dennis Loy Johnson 1993 Creative Writing
Judith Vollmer 1993 Creative Writing
Merle Drown 1993 Creative Writing
Robert Boswell 1993 Creative Writing
Thomas Andrews 1993 Creative Writing
Benjamin Howard 1993 Creative Writing
Dwight Yates 1993 Creative Writing
K. Douglas Anderson 1993 Creative Writing