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
Bill (Red Pine) Porter 1986 Translation Chinese
Francine Prose 1986 Creative Writing
Dudley Randall 1986 Creative Writing
Sherry Rind 1986 Creative Writing
David Rivard 1986 Creative Writing
Robert Roper 1986 Creative Writing
Joel Rose 1986 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1986 Creative Writing
Norman Rush 1986 Creative Writing
Thomas Russell 1986 Creative Writing
Nubia Kai Salaam 1986 Creative Writing
Yvonne Sapia 1986 Creative Writing
Leslie Scalapino 1986 Creative Writing
Paul Schmidt 1986 Translation Russian
Gjertrud Schnackenberg 1986 Creative Writing
Philip Schneider 1986 Creative Writing
Louise Shivers 1986 Creative Writing
Joan Silber 1986 Creative Writing
Mona Simpson 1986 Creative Writing
Donald Stap 1986 Creative Writing