Twelve scholars and independent writers, representing the field of Creative Writing (including Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Essays and Creative Non-Fiction), were selected from among 314 candidates nominated nominated for Howard Fellowships in 2003. The 2004-2005 fellows and their projects are:
Lee Ann Brown, Assistant Professor, St. John's University, Crowns for Charlotte: An Investigative Poetics of the New South, a collection of poetry.
Tristan Davies, Senior Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, Paper: a Brief History of Price, Product and Fabrication, a novel.
Brian Evenson, Assistant Professor, Brown University, The Ex-Father, a novel.
T. Louise Freeman-Toole, Independent Scholar and Writer, Smokey and Johnny: A Life in Two Diaries, creative non-fiction.
Peter Gurnis, Independent Scholar and Poet, Berlin and Eden, a book-length poem.
Ben Marcus, Fiction, Associate Professor, Columbia University, Children, Cover Your Eyes, a novel.
T.M. McNally, Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Bedrock, Three Novellas.
Jayne Anne Philips, Fiction Writer in Residence, Brandeis University, Termite, a novel.
Carlo Rotella, Associate Professor, Boston College, Playing in Time: A Suite of Musical Lives, creative non-fiction.
Mathew Stadler, Independent Fiction Writer, The Voluptuary, a novel.
Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Fiction, Assistant Professor, Florida State University,
The Last Summer of Peace, a novel.
Elizabeth Willis, Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University, A Botanic Garden, a collection of poetry.