In 2008, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded 50 Creative Writing Fellowships in poetry, each in the amount of $20,000. We invite you to read work by a representative sampling of the recipients.
Ralph AdamoCarolyn AlessioMary AllenStephanie AllenBay AnapolDaniel AndersonNick ArvinDavid BakerDean BakopoulosJosh BarkanTony BarnstoneRick BarotEmily BartonNicky BeerKaren BenderRoy BentleyJudith BerkeBruce BondRobert Bononno*John BradleyCourtney Brkic
Stephanie BrownAndrea Hollander BudyCheryl BurketShannon CainJoseph CampanaNona CaspersCyrus CassellsChristopher ChambersAlexander CheeTerrence ChengBrock ClarkeNan CohenEllen CooneyMorri CreechAverill CurdyJohn D'AgataTony D'SouzaAnn DarbyLightsey DarstCarol Ann DavisSally Dawidoff
Jean DayJonathan DeeSusan Deer CloudEdward DelaneyMichelle DetorieViet DinhJudy DoengesAnthony DoerrJ.D. DolanDoug DorstMichael DownsMaggie DubrisGary DuehrDenise DuhamelCamille DungyRebecca DunhamDebra EarlingPaul EggersJill Alexander EssbaumAngie EstesB.H. Fairchild
Edward FalcoJohn Felstiner*Beth Ann FennellyJonathan FinkChristina FitzpatrickKathleen FlennikenRachel Contreni FlynnJosey FooChris ForhanJudith FrankDianne FreundLaura FurmanForrest GanderDonald GecewiczSteven GehrkeDiana GeorgeLisa GillJulia GlassRigoberto GonzalezJoanna GoodmanPaul Greenberg
Andrew Sean GreerMichael GriffithJoshua HarmonLola HaskinsTerrence HayesPaul HendricksonDavid HintonJane HirshfieldJames HochCary HolladayNoy HollandRavi HowardChristopher HowellBarbara HurdTara IsonTyehimba JessKimberly JohnsonWilliam JohnsonBret Anthony JohnstonStephen JonesHester Kaplan
Wayne KarlinScott KaukonenSarah KennedyDavid KeplingerBrad KesslerNoelle KocotJaqueline Kolosov-WentheSue Kwock KimNorah LabinerJhumpa LahiriIvonne LamazaresLance LarsenDorianne LauxMargaret Lazarus DeanKaren An-hwei LeeEleanor LermanPhillis LevinWilliam Henry LewisKelly LinkRobert Hill LongWilliam Luvaas
Jacqueline LyonsDonald LystraKelly Madigan-ErlandsonSabrina Orah MarkCorey MarksDebra MarquartDavis McCombsJeffrey McDanielJill McDonoughVestal McIntyrePaula McLainTom McNealTom McNeelyMichael MejiaChristi Merrill*Karen MocklerKevin MoffettLeslie MonsourNicholas MontemaranoDavid MorrisBarbara Moss
Sheila MulliganManuel MunozSean NevinCharles NorthRegina OchsnerLance OlsenShelia Oritz-TaylorDaniel OrozcoJulie OrringerJill OsierEric PankeyAlexander ParsonsMichael PaternitiKathleen PeirceAlison PelegrinMicah PerksLynn PowellKevin PruferRoderic PuchnerLia PurpuraEmily Raboteau
Melanie Rae ThonBelle RandallRon RashCornelia ReadJames ReedThomas ReiterBoyer RickelKaren RigbyDana RoeserMartha RonkBill RoorbachDaniel Asa RoseCatie RosemurgyMatt RuffJosh RussellKay RyanPatrick RyanScott SandersJane SatterfieldDavid SearcyJohn Oliver Simon
Sean SingerMargot SingerDashka SlaterKate SmallJ.D. SmithMaureen StantonAmy StewartAdrienne SuVirgil SuárezRobert SullivanMark SullivanMary Ann Taylor-HallLysley TenorioJim TomlinsonNance Van WinckelDavid VannAnthony VaralloG.C. WaldrepNicole WalkerMary Yukari WatersMax Watman
Larry WatsonAnn WilliamsDwight YatesMatt YurdanaRafi ZaborSilas Zobal
Please see the list of all the recipients of the 2008 Literature Fellowships in Prose.
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