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
Theodore Deppe 2003 Creative Writing
Camille Dungy 2003 Creative Writing
Jill Alexander Essbaum 2003 Creative Writing
Beth Ann Fennelly 2003 Creative Writing
Ted Genoways 2003 Creative Writing
Diane Glancy 2003 Creative Writing
Joanna Goodman 2003 Creative Writing
David Gravender 2003 Creative Writing
Roger Greenwald 2003 Translation Swedish, Danish
Jerzy Gregorek 2003 Translation Polish
Lola Haskins 2003 Creative Writing
Henry Israeli 2003 Translation Albanian
Shirley Kaufman 2003 Translation Hebrew
David Keplinger 2003 Creative Writing
Alexis Levitin 2003 Translation Portuguese
Jacqueline Lyons 2003 Creative Writing
Carl Marcum 2003 Creative Writing
Corey Marks 2003 Creative Writing
Cleopatra Mathis 2003 Creative Writing
Davis McCombs 2003 Creative Writing