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
David Shapiro 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Siegel 1979 Creative Writing
Ron Silliman 1979 Creative Writing
Charles Simic 1979 Creative Writing
Charles Stein 1979 Creative Writing
James Tate 1979 Creative Writing
Anthony Towle 1979 Creative Writing
George Tysh 1979 Creative Writing
John Unterecker 1979 Creative Writing
Michael Van Walleghen 1979 Creative Writing
Evangelina Vigil 1979 Creative Writing
Paul Violi 1979 Creative Writing
Anne Waldman 1979 Creative Writing
Rosmarie Waldrop 1979 Creative Writing
Diane Ward 1979 Creative Writing
Lewis Warsh 1979 Creative Writing
Barrett Watten 1979 Creative Writing
Bernard Welt 1979 Creative Writing
Mary White 1979 Creative Writing
Dara Wier 1979 Creative Writing