USA
Fellows
USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career.
Each year, individual artists and collaboratives are anonymously nominated to apply by a geographically diverse and rotating group of artists, scholars, critics, producers, curators, and other arts professionals. Applications are reviewed by discipline-specific panels who select the finalists, which are then approved by our Board of Trustees. A full list of our panelists can be found here.
Danielle Evans
Fiction WriterBaltimore, MD
2024 USA Fellow
Dantiel W. Moniz
WriterJacksonville, FL
2024 USA Fellow
Farid Matuk
Poet and WriterTucson, AZ
2024 USA Fellow
Jeffery U. Darensbourg
Writer and PerformerBulbancha
2024 USA Fellow
Monica Ong
Visual PoetConnecticut
2024 USA Fellow
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
WriterBrooklyn, NY
2024 USA Fellow
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
WriterPortland, ME
2023 USA Fellow
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Ernestine Shaankaláxt’ Hayes
WriterJuneau, AK
2023 USA Fellow
Ilya Kaminsky
PoetAtlanta, GA
2023 USA Fellow
Ofelia Zepeda
PoetTuscon, AZ
2023 USA Fellow
Chen Chen
PoetWaltham, MA
2022 USA Fellow
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet and WriterPittsburgh, PA
2022 USA Fellow
Emmy Pérez
PoetMcAllen, TX
2022 USA Fellow
Grace Talusan
Multigenre WriterBoston, MA
2022 USA Fellow
Kiese Laymon
WriterOxford, MS
2022 USA Fellow
Leroy F. Moore Jr.
PoetLos Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
Alexander Chee
Novelist and EssayistBradford, VT
2021 USA Fellow
Danez Smith
Poet and WriterMinneapolis, MN
2021 USA Fellow
Dunya Mikhail
Poet and WriterSterling Heights, MI
2021 USA Fellow
Elizabeth McCracken
Multi-genre WriterAustin, TX
2021 USA Fellow
Eve L. Ewing
Writer and ScholarChicago, IL
2021 USA Fellow
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Poet and WriterNorman, OK
2021 USA Fellow
Natalie Y. Moore
Author, Journalist, and PlaywrightChicago, IL
2021 USA Fellow
Ocean Vuong
Poet and WriterNorthampton, MA
2021 USA Fellow
Crystal Wilkinson
Fiction WriterLexington, KY
2020 USA Fellow
Edwidge Danticat
Multigenre WriterMiami, FL
2020 USA Fellow
Hanif Abdurraqib
Critic and WriterColumbus, OH
2020 USA Fellow
Jericho Brown
PoetAtlanta, GA
2020 USA Fellow
Sarah Broom
Multigenre WriterNew York, NY
2020 USA Fellow
Sharon Olds
PoetNew York, NY
2020 USA Fellow
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Fiction WriterMinneapolis, MN
2019 USA Fellow
Lisa Armstrong
JournalistBrooklyn, NY
2019 USA Fellow
Lynda Barry
CartoonistFootville, WI
2019 USA Fellow
Rebecca Gayle Howell
PoetLexington, KY
2019 USA Fellow
Tarfia Faizullah
PoetDallas, TX and Chicago, IL
2019 USA Fellow
Fred Moten
Poet and Cultural CriticNew York, NY
2018 USA Fellow
Lucas Mann
Literary NonfictionProvidence, RI
2018 USA Fellow
Molly McCully Brown
Poet and EssayistSweet Briar, VA
2018 USA Fellow
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Writer, FictionPhoenix, MD
2018 USA Fellow
Amitava Kumar
Multigenre Writer and JournalistPoughkeepsie, NY
2016 USA Fellow
Claudia Rankine
PoetClaremont, CA
2016 USA Fellow
Adrian Matejka
PoetBloomington, IN
2015 USA Fellow
Teju Cole
Fiction WriterBrooklyn, NY
2015 USA Fellow
Achy Obejas
Fiction Writer, Journalist, and PoetOakland, CA
2014 USA Fellow
Chris Abani
Multigenre WriterEvanston, IL
2014 USA Fellow
Daniel Woodrell
Fiction WriterWest Plains, MO
2014 USA Fellow
Natalie Diaz
PoetMohave Valley, AZ
2014 USA Fellow
Peter Bagge
CartoonistSeattle, WA
2014 USA Fellow
Rigoberto González
Multigenre WriterForest Hills, NY
2014 USA Fellow
Adrian Castro
Poet and Performance ArtistMiami, FL
2012 USA Fellow
Aleksandar Hemon
Fiction WriterChicago, IL
2012 USA Fellow
Annie Proulx
Fiction WriterSaratoga, WY
2012 USA Fellow
C.E. Morgan
Fiction WriterBerea, KY
2012 USA Fellow
LeAnne Howe
WriterAthens, GA
2012 USA Fellow
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Fiction WriterBerkeley, CA
2012 USA Fellow
A. E. Stallings
Poet and TranslatorAthens, GA
2011 USA Fellow
Annie Baker
PlaywrightBrooklyn, NY
2011 USA Fellow
Campbell McGrath
PoetMiami Beach, FL
2011 USA Fellow
Karen Tei Yamashita
Fiction Writer and PlaywrightSanta Cruz, CA
2011 USA Fellow
Terrance Hayes
PoetPittsburgh, PA
2011 USA Fellow
Brighde Mullins
Playwright and PoetLos Angeles, CA
2010 USA Fellow
Charles Bowden
Nonfiction Writer and JournalistLas Cruces, NM
2010 USA Fellow
Doug Wright
Playwright and ScreenwriterNew York, NY
2010 USA Fellow
Greg Tate
Cultural CriticNew York, NY
2010 USA Fellow
Khaled Mattawa
Poet and TranslatorAnn Arbor, MI
2010 USA Fellow
Martin Espada
Poet, Essayist, and TranslatorAmherst, MA
2010 USA Fellow
Susan Steinberg
Fiction WriterSan Francisco, CA
2010 USA Fellow
Ai Ogawa
PoetStillwater, OK
2009 USA Fellow
Antonya Nelson
Fiction WriterLas Cruces, NM
2009 USA Fellow
Brian Turner
Poet & EssayistFresno, CA
2009 USA Fellow
Gilbert Hernandez
Graphic NovelistLas Vegas, NV
2009 USA Fellow
Justin Torres
Fiction WriterIowa City, IA
2009 USA Fellow
Kevin Young
PoetBelmont, MA
2009 USA Fellow
Nilo Cruz
PlaywrightNew York, NY
2009 USA Fellow
Sapphire
Poet and Fiction WriterBrooklyn, NY
2009 USA Fellow
A. Van Jordan
PoetAnn Arbor, MI
2008 USA Fellow
Barry Hannah
Fiction WriterOxford, MS
2008 USA Fellow
Forrest Gander
Poet and Fiction WriterBarrington, RI
2008 USA Fellow
Harryette Mullen
PoetLos Angeles, CA
2008 USA Fellow
Jeff Chang
Cultural CriticBerkeley, CA
2008 USA Fellow
Joy Harjo
Poet and MusicianHonolulu, HI
2008 USA Fellow
Laura Kasischke
Poet and Fiction WriterChelsea, MI
2008 USA Fellow
Lê Thi Diem Thúy
Poet and PerformerNorthampton, MA
2008 USA Fellow
Tayari Jones
Fiction WriterValley Cottage, NY
2008 USA Fellow
Charles D’Ambrosio
Fiction Writer and EssayistPortland, OR
2007 USA Fellow
Cherríe Moraga
Poet, Playwright, and EssayistOakland, CA
2007 USA Fellow
Helena María Viramontes
Fiction WriterIthaca, NY
2007 USA Fellow
Henri Cole
PoetBoston, MA
2007 USA Fellow
John Haines
PoetFairbanks, AK
2007 USA Fellow
Luis Valdez
Playwright and FilmmakerSan Juan Bautista, CA
2007 USA Fellow
Marilyn Chin
PoetLa Mesa, CA
2007 USA Fellow
Mat Johnson
Fiction WriterHouston, TX
2007 USA Fellow
William Gay
Fiction WriterHohenwald, TN
2007 USA Fellow
Amy Hempel
Dancer and ChoreographerNew York, NY
2006 USA Fellow
Beth Ann Fennelly
PoetOxford, MS
2006 USA Fellow
Heather McHugh
PoetSeattle, WA
2006 USA Fellow
Joe Sacco
Graphic NovelistPortland, OR
2006 USA Fellow
Matthew Stadler
Fiction WriterPortland, OR
2006 USA Fellow
Sandra Benitez
Fiction WriterMinneapolis, MN
2006 USA Fellow
Susan Power
Fiction WriterSaint Paul, MN
2006 USA Fellow
Victor LaValle
Fiction WriterBrooklyn, NY
2006 USA Fellow
Wesley McNair
PoetNorridgewock, ME
2006 USA Fellow