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
Vijay Seshadri 1999 Creative Writing
Lisa Sewell 1999 Creative Writing
Maurya Simon 1999 Creative Writing
David J. Smith 1999 Creative Writing
Michael Leon Stokesbury 1999 Creative Writing
Russell Thorburn 1999 Creative Writing
Natasha Trethewey 1999 Creative Writing
Lawrence Venuti 1999 Translation Italian
Steven Bloom 1998 Creative Writing
Alan Brown 1998 Creative Writing
Charlie Elizabeth Buck 1998 Creative Writing
Veronica Chambers 1998 Creative Writing
Lan Samantha Chang 1998 Creative Writing
Amanda Cockrell 1998 Creative Writing
Carolyn Cooke 1998 Creative Writing
Jennifer Cornell 1998 Creative Writing
John Daniel 1998 Creative Writing
Tracy Daugherty 1998 Creative Writing
Peter Ho Davies 1998 Creative Writing
Pam Durban 1998 Creative Writing