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
William Keckler 1997 Creative Writing
Tsipi Keller 1997 Translation Hebrew
Edward Kleinschmidt 1997 Creative Writing
Mark Levine 1997 Creative Writing
Leza Lowitz 1997 Translation Japanese
Dionisio Martinez 1997 Creative Writing
James McCorkle 1997 Creative Writing
Leslea Newman 1997 Creative Writing
Susan Prospere 1997 Creative Writing
Thomas Rabbitt 1997 Creative Writing
Joseph Ross 1997 Creative Writing
Charles Rossiter 1997 Creative Writing
Nicholas Samaras 1997 Creative Writing
Catherine Sasanov 1997 Creative Writing
Leonard Schwartz 1997 Creative Writing
Carol Snow 1997 Creative Writing
Cathy Song 1997 Creative Writing
Elaine Terranova 1997 Creative Writing
Naomi French Wallace 1997 Creative Writing
Cynthia Zarin 1997 Creative Writing