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
Yong Ik Kim 1976 Creative Writing
Ted Kooser 1976 Creative Writing
Cleveland Kurtz 1976 Creative Writing
Elinor Langer 1976 Creative Writing
Lance Lee 1976 Creative Writing
Cornel Lengyel 1976 Creative Writing
Philip Levine 1976 Creative Writing
Grover Lewis 1976 Creative Writing
Thomas Lux 1976 Creative Writing
Eugene Lyons 1976 Creative Writing
Frederick Manfred 1976 Creative Writing
Peter Marin 1976 Creative Writing
Jack Marlando 1976 Creative Writing
James Martin 1976 Creative Writing
Tim Mason 1976 Creative Writing
James McAfee 1976 Creative Writing
James McCartin 1976 Creative Writing
Howard McCord 1976 Creative Writing
David McElroy 1976 Creative Writing
James Mersmann 1976 Creative Writing