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
Bill Zavatsky 1979 Creative Writing
Robert Abel 1978 Creative Writing
Jonis Agee 1978 Creative Writing
Russell Banks 1978 Creative Writing
Jim Barnes 1978 Creative Writing
Peter S. Beagle 1978 Creative Writing
Kenneth Bernard 1978 Creative Writing
Alvah Bessie 1978 Creative Writing
Corinne Demas Bliss 1978 Creative Writing
Victor Bockris 1978 Creative Writing
Paul Bowles 1978 Creative Writing
T. C. Boyle 1978 Creative Writing
Chandler Brossard 1978 Creative Writing
Rita Brown 1978 Creative Writing
Mary Cable 1978 Creative Writing
Alvaro Cardona-Hine 1978 Creative Writing
David Clarke 1978 Creative Writing
William Cobb 1978 Creative Writing
L. Keith Cohen 1978 Creative Writing
James Coleman 1978 Creative Writing