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
Alex Kuo 1990 Creative Writing
Dorianne Laux 1990 Creative Writing
Leslie Lawrence 1990 Creative Writing
Lynda Leidiger 1990 Creative Writing
Denise Levertov 1990 Creative Writing
Paul Lisicky 1990 Creative Writing
Audre G. Lorde 1990 Creative Writing
Darrell Lum 1990 Creative Writing
Cynthia MacDonald 1990 Creative Writing
Paul Malone 1990 Creative Writing
Michael H. March 1990 Translation Serbo-Croatian
David Markson 1990 Creative Writing
Valerie Martin 1990 Creative Writing
Peggy McCreary 1990 Creative Writing
Lynne McFall 1990 Creative Writing
Stephanie Miskowski 1990 Creative Writing
Speer Morgan 1990 Creative Writing
Lisel Mueller 1990 Creative Writing
Steven Murray 1990 Translation Danish
Jessica Neely 1990 Creative Writing