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 Hendrickson 2002 Creative Writing
Ingrid Hill 2002 Creative Writing
Christie Hodgen 2002 Creative Writing
Barbara Hurd 2002 Creative Writing
Stephen Jones 2002 Creative Writing
Matthew Klam 2002 Creative Writing
Marshall Klimasewiski 2002 Creative Writing
Norah Labiner 2002 Creative Writing
Christi Ann Merrill 2002 Translation Hindi, Rajasthani
Nicholas Montemarano 2002 Creative Writing
Sheila Mulligan-Webb 2002 Creative Writing
Josip Novakovich 2002 Creative Writing
Suzanne Paola 2002 Creative Writing
Michael Paterniti 2002 Creative Writing
Bill Roorbach 2002 Creative Writing
Richard Schmitt 2002 Creative Writing
Lynne Sharon Schwartz 2002 Translation Italian
David Searcy 2002 Creative Writing
Sagaree Sengupta 2002 Translation Hindi
Steven Sherrill 2002 Creative Writing