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
Juan Alonso 1973 Creative Writing
Jack Anderson 1973 Creative Writing
Alvin Aubert 1973 Creative Writing
Paul Bennett 1973 Creative Writing
Deidre L. Bergson 1973 Creative Writing
Kenneth Brown 1973 Creative Writing
Rosellen Brown 1973 Creative Writing
Charles Bukowski 1973 Creative Writing
Lucille Clifton 1973 Creative Writing
Andrei Codrescu 1973 Creative Writing
Mark P. Costello 1973 Creative Writing
Stanley Crawford 1973 Creative Writing
Edward Dahlberg 1973 Creative Writing
Alfred I. Davis 1973 Creative Writing
John Deck 1973 Creative Writing
Nicholas Delbanco 1973 Creative Writing
Diane di Prima 1973 Creative Writing
Stephen E. Dunn 1973 Creative Writing
Stephen C. Erhart 1973 Creative Writing
Donald Finkel 1973 Creative Writing