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
Alfred Cantor 1988 Creative Writing
John Carpenter 1988 Translation Polish
Hayden Carruth 1988 Creative Writing
Deborah Ann Casey 1988 Creative Writing
Sandra Cisneros 1988 Creative Writing
Helen Degen Cohen 1988 Creative Writing
Phyllis Collier 1988 Creative Writing
Billy Collins 1988 Creative Writing
Gerald Constanzo 1988 Creative Writing
Gerald Costanzo 1988 Creative Writing
Vicki Covington 1988 Creative Writing
James Cummins 1988 Creative Writing
Michael Cunningham 1988 Creative Writing
Kathryn Davis 1988 Creative Writing
Candace Denning 1988 Creative Writing
Carl Dennis 1988 Creative Writing
Charles Dunlop 1988 Translation Japanese
George Economou 1988 Creative Writing
Clayton Eshleman 1988 Translation French
Bertram, Jr. Fairchild 1988 Creative Writing