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
Geoffrey Gardner 1986 Translation French
Christopher Gilbert 1986 Creative Writing
Cecil Giscombe 1986 Creative Writing
Kenneth Glantz 1986 Creative Writing
Albert Goldbarth 1986 Creative Writing
Barbara Goldberg 1986 Creative Writing
Agnes Moncy Gullon 1986 Translation Spanish
Kimiko Hahn 1986 Creative Writing
Essex Hemphill 1986 Creative Writing
Michelle Herman 1986 Creative Writing
Linda Hogan 1986 Creative Writing
C. J. Hribal 1986 Creative Writing
Andrew Hudgins 1986 Creative Writing
Richard Ives 1986 Creative Writing
Lowell Jaeger 1986 Creative Writing
Tama Janowitz 1986 Creative Writing
Edward P. Jones 1986 Creative Writing
Jamaica Kincaid 1986 Creative Writing
Caroline Knox 1986 Creative Writing
Phyllis Koestenbaum 1986 Creative Writing