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
Lucy Ferriss 1988 Creative Writing
Maria Flook 1988 Creative Writing
Karen Joy Fowler 1988 Creative Writing
Allison Funk 1988 Creative Writing
Tess Gallagher 1988 Creative Writing
Brendan James Galvin 1988 Creative Writing
Joseph Geha 1988 Creative Writing
Denise Giardina 1988 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1988 Creative Writing
Roger Greenwald 1988 Translation Swedish, Danish
James Hannah 1988 Creative Writing
Alan Hewat 1988 Creative Writing
Garrett Hongo 1988 Creative Writing
Maureen Howard 1988 Creative Writing
Colette Inez 1988 Creative Writing
Harold Jaffe 1988 Creative Writing
Phyllis Janowitz 1988 Creative Writing
Gish Jen 1988 Creative Writing
Willis Johnson 1988 Creative Writing
Edmund Keeley 1988 Translation Greek