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
Djuna Barnes 1980 Creative Writing
Lance S. Belville 1980 Creative Writing
Lou Berger 1980 Creative Writing
John Bishop 1980 Creative Writing
Phillip Bosakowski 1980 Creative Writing
Paul Bowles 1980 Creative Writing
Kay Boyle 1980 Creative Writing
Lee Breuer 1980 Creative Writing
James W. Brown 1980 Creative Writing
Sterling Brown 1980 Creative Writing
C.D.B. Bryan 1980 Creative Writing
Timothy Burns 1980 Creative Writing
Bebe Moore Campbell 1980 Creative Writing
Randolph Carter 1980 Creative Writing
Steve Carter 1980 Creative Writing
Raymond Carver 1980 Creative Writing
Ann Cavallaro 1980 Creative Writing
George Chambers 1980 Creative Writing
Jerome Charyn 1980 Creative Writing
Kelly Cherry 1980 Creative Writing