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
Charles North 1979 Creative Writing
Alice Notley 1979 Creative Writing
Joel Oppenheimer 1979 Creative Writing
Steven Orlen 1979 Creative Writing
Peter Orlovsky 1979 Creative Writing
Maureen Owen 1979 Creative Writing
William Patrick 1979 Creative Writing
John Pauker 1979 Creative Writing
Marie Ponsot 1979 Creative Writing
Carl Rakosi 1979 Creative Writing
Ronald Rector 1979 Creative Writing
Marshall Reese 1979 Creative Writing
Alberto Rios 1979 Creative Writing
Kit Robinson 1979 Creative Writing
Gibbons Ruark 1979 Creative Writing
Vern Rutsala 1979 Creative Writing
Harris Schiff 1979 Creative Writing
Michael Scholnick 1979 Creative Writing
Armand Schwerner 1979 Creative Writing
Peter Seaton 1979 Creative Writing