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
Larry Fagin 1979 Creative Writing
Stuart Friebert 1979 Creative Writing
Richard Gallup 1979 Creative Writing
Allen Ginsberg 1979 Creative Writing
Louise Gluck 1979 Creative Writing
Albert Goldbarth 1979 Creative Writing
Judith Grahn 1979 Creative Writing
Theodore Greenwald 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Grenier 1979 Creative Writing
Barbara Guest 1979 Creative Writing
Luz Hernandez 1979 Creative Writing
Juan Felipe Herrera 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Hershon 1979 Creative Writing
Anselm Hollo 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Hoover 1979 Creative Writing
Lawson Fusao Inada 1979 Creative Writing
Roderick Jellema 1979 Creative Writing
Laura Jensen 1979 Creative Writing
Donald Junkins 1979 Creative Writing
Donald Justice 1979 Creative Writing