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
Elizabeth Wetmore 2006 Creative Writing
Nancy Zafris 2006 Creative Writing
Mary Adams 2005 Creative Writing
David Baker 2005 Creative Writing
John Balcom 2005 Translation Chinese
Michael Blumenthal 2005 Creative Writing
Allen Braden 2005 Creative Writing
Cyrus Cassells 2005 Creative Writing
Robert Cording 2005 Creative Writing
Wayne Cox 2005 Translation Catalan
Aaron Crippen 2005 Translation Chinese
James Daniels 2005 Creative Writing
Jon Davis 2005 Creative Writing
Sally Dawidoff 2005 Creative Writing
Marjolijn de Jager 2005 Translation Dutch
Ramola Dharmaraj 2005 Creative Writing
Matthew Donovan 2005 Creative Writing
Bertram, Jr. Fairchild 2005 Creative Writing
Marlon Lee Fick 2005 Creative Writing
Kathleen Flenniken 2005 Creative Writing