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 Peterson Strater 1982 Creative Writing
Dan Stryk 1982 Creative Writing
Dabney Stuart 1982 Creative Writing
Joan Swift 1982 Creative Writing
Arthur Sze 1982 Creative Writing
Barbara Szerlip 1982 Creative Writing
Alexander Taylor 1982 Translation Danish
Michael Thelwell 1982 Creative Writing
Charles W. Thompson 1982 Creative Writing
Nanos Valaoritis 1982 Creative Writing
Pedro O. Vasquez 1982 Creative Writing
Lawrence Venuti 1982 Translation Italian
Irene Wanner 1982 Creative Writing
Frank Waters 1982 Creative Writing
W. D. Wetherell 1982 Creative Writing
Constance E. Willis 1982 Creative Writing
John Witte 1982 Creative Writing
David Wojahn 1982 Creative Writing
Shawn Wong 1982 Creative Writing
John W. Woods 1982 Creative Writing