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
Mary Carter 1986 Creative Writing
Cyrus Cassells 1986 Creative Writing
Ronald Christ 1986 Translation Spanish
David Citino 1986 Creative Writing
Richard D. Cole 1986 Creative Writing
Kathleen Collins 1986 Creative Writing
Jayne Cortez 1986 Creative Writing
Jon Davis 1986 Creative Writing
Tom DeHaven 1986 Creative Writing
Gregory Djanikian 1986 Creative Writing
Stephen Dobyns 1986 Creative Writing
Barbara Drake 1986 Creative Writing
Martin Espada 1986 Creative Writing
Paul Estaver 1986 Creative Writing
Alan Feldman 1986 Creative Writing
Mary Florey 1986 Creative Writing
Richard Ford 1986 Creative Writing
Anne Frydman 1986 Translation Russian
James Galvin 1986 Creative Writing
John Gantos 1986 Creative Writing