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
Paul Foster 1973 Creative Writing
Richard France 1973 Creative Writing
Frank Gagliano 1973 Creative Writing
Daniel Halpern 1973 Creative Writing
Curtis L. Johnson 1973 Creative Writing
Erica Jong 1973 Creative Writing
Johanna Kaplan 1973 Creative Writing
Richard S. Kennedy 1973 Creative Writing
Smith Kirkpatrick 1973 Creative Writing
Peter Klappert 1973 Creative Writing
James Koller 1973 Creative Writing
Allen Levine 1973 Creative Writing
Larry Levis 1973 Creative Writing
Cynthia MacDonald 1973 Creative Writing
Joseph McElroy 1973 Creative Writing
Jay Meek 1973 Creative Writing
Louise M. Meriwether 1973 Creative Writing
Heather Ross Miller 1973 Creative Writing
Jay Neugeboren 1973 Creative Writing
Charles H. Newman 1973 Creative Writing