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
Thomas Crawford 1974 Creative Writing
Harry Crews 1974 Creative Writing
James Cross 1974 Creative Writing
Elizabeth Cullinan 1974 Creative Writing
Rosemary Daniell 1974 Creative Writing
Mich Daugherty 1974 Creative Writing
Christopher Davis 1974 Creative Writing
Stephen Dixon 1974 Creative Writing
Stephen Dobyns 1974 Creative Writing
Albert Drake 1974 Creative Writing
Harris Dulany 1974 Creative Writing
Daniel Epstein 1974 Creative Writing
David Allan Evans 1974 Creative Writing
Ronald Fair 1974 Creative Writing
Robert Flanagan 1974 Creative Writing
Maria Irene Fornes 1974 Creative Writing
Paula Fox 1974 Creative Writing
Sheldon Frank 1974 Creative Writing
Alan Friedman 1974 Creative Writing
William Gaddis 1974 Creative Writing