# List of awards and nominations received by Stephen King

Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, crime fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been compiled in book collections.
King has received multiple awards and nominations for his work, including multiple Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards, as well as the National Medal of Arts, Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and the O. Henry Award. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire oeuvre, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007).

## Awards and nominations
### Career and lifetime achievement awards

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 1980 | Balrog Award | Professional Achievement | Nominated |
| 1981 | University of Maine | Alumni Career Award | Won |
| 1981 | World Fantasy Award | Convention Award | Won |
| 1981 | Balrog Award | Professional Achievement | Nominated |
| 1981 | British Fantasy Award | Special Award | Won |
| 1982 | Balrog Award | Professional Achievement | Nominated |
| 1986 | Spokane Public Library | Golden Pen Award | Won |
| 1992 | World Horror Convention | Grand Master Award | Won |
| 1994 | Fangoria | Fangoria Hall of Fame | Inducted |
| 2002 | Bram Stoker Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 2003 | International Horror Guild Award | Living Legend Award | Won |
| 2003 | National Book Foundation | Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | Won |
| 2004 | World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | Won |
| 2007 | Canadian Booksellers Association | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 2007 | Edgar Award | Grand Master Award | Won |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Public Library | Literary Award | Won |
| 2011 | Fall for the Book Festival | Mason Award | Won |
| 2014 | National Endowment of the Arts | National Medal of Arts | Awarded |
| 2020 | Audie Award | Lifetime Achievement | Won |

### Works

| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| American Library Association | 1978 | Best Books for Young Adults | 'Salem's Lot | Won |
| American Library Association | 1978 | Best Books for Young Adults | Night Shift | Nominated |
| American Library Association | 1979 | Best Books for Young Adults | The Long Walk | Won |
| American Library Association | 1981 | Best Books for Young Adults | Firestarter | Won |
| American Library Association | 2000 | Best Books for Young Adults | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated |
| American Library Association | 2000 | 100 Best Books for Teens - 1966–2000 | The Long Walk | Selected |
| American Library Association | 2009 | Alex Award | Just After Sunset | Won |
| American Library Association | 2010 | Alex Award | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| American Library Association | 2014 | Alex Award | Joyland | Nominated |
| Anthony Award | 2014 | Best Paperback Original | Joyland | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 1997 | Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook | The Green Mile (narrated by Frank Muller) | Won |
| Audie Award | 1999 | Best Audiobook Package Design | Bag of Bones | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2001 | Best Unabridged Non-Fiction Audiobook | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2002 | Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub; narrated by Frank Muller) | Won |
| Audie Award | 2006 | Best Solo Narration — Male | The Shining (narrated by Campbell Scott) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2009 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Duma Key (narrated by John Slattery) | Won |
| Audie Award | 2010 | Best Short Stories / Collection Audiobook | Just After Sunset (narrated by Stephen King, Jill Eikenberry, Holter Graham, George Guidall, Ron McLarty, Denis O'Hare, Ben Shenkman, Mare Winningham) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2014 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Doctor Sleep (narrated by Will Patton) | Won |
| Audie Award | 2014 | Best Solo Narration — Male | Doctor Sleep (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2015 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Mr. Mercedes (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2015 | Best Solo Narration — Male | Mr. Mercedes (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2016 | Best Male Narrator | Finders Keepers (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2016 | Best Original Work | Drunken Fireworks (narrated by Tim Sample) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2017 | Best Fiction Audiobook | End of Watch (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2017 | Best Male Narrator | End of Watch (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2019 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | The Outsider (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2019 | Best Male Narrator | Pet Sematary (narrated by Michael C. Hall) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2020 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | The Institute (narrated by Santino Fontana) | Won |
| Audie Award | 2021 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | If It Bleeds (narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber) | Nominated |
| Audie Award | 2022 | Mystery | Later | Won |
| BBC | 2003 | The Big Read | The Stand | 53rd |
| BBC | 2003 | The Big Read | It | 144th |
| BBC | 2003 | The Big Read | The Green Mile | 146th |
| Balrog Award | 1979 | Best Collection / Anthology | Night Shift | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1979 | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1980 | Best Novel | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1980 | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1980 | Best Collection / Anthology | Night Shift | Won |
| Balrog Award | 1981 | Best Novel | Firestarter | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1982 | Best Novel | Cujo | Nominated |
| Balrog Award | 1983 | Best Artist | Stephen King | Nominated |
| Black Quill Award | 2007 | Best Dark Scribble | "The Gingerbread Girl" | Nominated |
| Black Quill Award | 2008 | Best Dark Genre Novel | Duma Key | Won |
| Black Quill Award | 2008 | Best Dark Genre Book Trailer | Duma Key (produced by Scribner) | Nominated |
| Black Quill Award | 2010 | Dark Genre Novel of the Year | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| Black Quill Award | 2010 | Best Dark Genre Book Trailer | Under the Dome (produced by Scribner) | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1987 | Best Novel | Misery | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1988 | Best Novelette | "The Night Flier" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1990 | Best Fiction Collection | Four Past Midnight | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1990 | Best Novelette | "The Langoliers" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1991 | Best Novel | Needful Things | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1991 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1993 | Best Fiction Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1994 | Best Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1995 | Best Novelette | "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1996 | Best Novel | The Green Mile | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1997 | Best Long Fiction | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1998 | Best Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1998 | Best Short Fiction | "Autopsy Room Four" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1999 | Best Novel | "Low Men in Yellow Coats" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 1999 | Best Fiction Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2000 | Best Long Fiction | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2000 | Best Non-Fiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2001 | Best Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2002 | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2002 | Best Fiction Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2003 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2003 | Best Short Fiction | "Harvey's Dream" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2004 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2004 | Best Long Fiction | "Lisey and the Mad Man" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2005 | Best Long Fiction | "The Things They Left Behind" | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2006 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2009 | Best Novel | Duma Key | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2009 | Best Fiction Collection | Just After Sunset | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2011 | Best Fiction Collection | Full Dark, No Stars | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2012 | Best Short Fiction | "Herman Wouk is Still Alive" | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2014 | Best Novel | Doctor Sleep | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2018 | Best Novel | Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King) | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1981 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Firestarter | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1981 | Best Short Fiction | "Crouch End" | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1982 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Cujo | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 1982 | Best Short Fiction | "The Monkey" | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1983 | Best Short Fiction | "Apt Pupil" | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1983 | Best Short Fiction | "The Breathing Method" | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 1987 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | It | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 1991 | Best Collection | Four Past Midnight | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 1999 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2003 | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2005 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 2009 | Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2009 | Best Short Fiction | "N." | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2010 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2011 | Best Collection | Full Dark, No Stars | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | 2011 | Best Novella | "1922" | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2012 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | 11/22/63 | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | 2020 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | The Institute | Nominated |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 1989 | Best Novel | The Eyes of the Dragon | Won |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 1991 | Best Collection | Pet Sematary | Won |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 1994 | Best Novel | It | Nominated |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 2001 | Best Novel | The Green Mile | Nominated |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 2011 | Best Novella | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2000 | Best International Novel | Hearts in Atlantis | Won |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2001 | Best International Novel | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2002 | Best International Novel | Dreamcatcher | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2003 | Best International Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Won |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2003 | International Author of the Year | Stephen King | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2004 | International Author of the Year | Stephen King | Won |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2004 | Best International Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2005 | Best International Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Won |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2007 | Best International Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2014 | Best International Novel | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
| Dragon Award | 2018 | Best Horror Novel | Sleeping Beauties | Won |
| Edgar Award | 2014 | Best Paperback Original | Joyland | Nominated |
| Edgar Award | 2015 | Best Novel | Mr. Mercedes | Won |
| Edgar Award | 2016 | Best Short Story | "Obits" | Won |
| Edgar Award | 2017 | Best Short Story | "The Music Room" | Nominated |
| Eisner Award | 2011 | Best New Series | American Vampire (with creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque) | Won |
| Entertainment Weekly | 2008 | 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | 21st |
| Fantafestival | 1992 | Best Screenplay | Sleepwalkers | Won |
| Fantasporto | 1988 | Grande Prémio Fantasporto | Maximum Overdrive | Nominated |
| Gandalf Award | 1978 | Book-Length Fantasy | The Shining | Nominated |
| Gandalf Award | 1979 | Book-Length Fantasy | The Stand | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Award | 1986 | Worst Director | Maximum Overdrive (directed by Stephen King) | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2009 | Mystery and Thriller | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2011 | Science Fiction | 11/22/63 | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2012 | Fantasy | The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2013 | Horror | Doctor Sleep | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2013 | Mystery and Thriller | Joyland | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2014 | Mystery and Thriller | Mr. Mercedes | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2015 | Mystery and Thriller | Finders Keepers | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2016 | Mystery and Thriller | End of Watch | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2017 | Horror | Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King) | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2018 | Mystery and Thriller | The Outsider | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2018 | Horror | Elevation | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2019 | Horror | The Institute | Won |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2020 | Horror | If It Bleeds | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2022 | Horror | Gwendy's Final Task (co-written with Richard Chizmar) | Nominated |
| Goodreads Choice Award | 2023 | Horror | Holly (novel) | Won |
| Hugo Award | 1977 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Carrie (directed by Brian De Palma; screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 1982 | Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre | Won |
| Hugo Award | 2016 | Best Novelette | "Obits" | Nominated |
| International Association of Crime Writers | 2014 | Hammett Prize | Mr. Mercedes | Won |
| International Horror Guild Award | 1999 | Best Television Program | Storm of the Century | Won |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2000 | Best Long Story | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2000 | Best Nonfiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2001 | Best Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2002 | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2002 | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2002 | Best Television Program | Rose Red (directed by Craig R. Baxley) | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2003 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2004 | Best Television Program | Kingdom Hospital | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Award | 2006 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
| International Thriller Writers Award | 2012 | Best Hardcover Novel | 11/22/63 | Won |
| International Thriller Writers Award | 2014 | Best Hardcover Novel | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
| Italia Award | 1999 | Best International Novel | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass | Nominated |
| Japan Booksellers' Award | 2014 | Best Translated Novel | 11/22/63 (translated by Rō Shiraishi) | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1978 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Shining | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1979 | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1979 | Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1979 | Best Novelette | "The Gunslinger" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1980 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1980 | Best Short Story | "The Crate" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1981 | Best Science Fiction Novel | Firestarter | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1981 | Best Fantasy Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1981 | Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1982 | Best Fantasy Novel | Cujo | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1982 | Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre | Won |
| Locus Award | 1983 | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1983 | Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1983 | Best Novelette | "The Raft" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1983 | Best Short Story | "It Grows on You" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1984 | Best Fantasy Novel | Christine | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1984 | Best Fantasy Novel | Pet Sematary | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1985 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1985 | Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1986 | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Won |
| Locus Award | 1987 | Best Fantasy Novel | It | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1988 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1988 | Best Science Fiction Novel | The Tommyknockers | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1990 | Best Horror Novel | The Dark Half | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1991 | Best Collection | Four Past Midnight | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1991 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | The Stand: Complete and Uncut Edition | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1992 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | Needful Things | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1992 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1993 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | Dolores Claiborne | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1994 | Best Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1994 | Best Novella | "The Ten O'Clock People" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1995 | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1996 | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Rose Madder | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1996 | Best Novelette | "Lunch at the Gotham Café" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1997 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | Desperation | Won |
| Locus Award | 1997 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | The Green Mile | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1998 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1998 | Best Art Book | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (illustrated by Dave McKean) | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1998 | Best Novella | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 1999 | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
| Locus Award | 2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2001 | Best Non-Fiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
| Locus Award | 2002 | Best Fantasy Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2003 | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2004 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2005 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2007 | Best Fantasy Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2008 | Best Short Story | "Graduation Afternoon" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2010 | Best Nonfiction/Art Book | The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria (adapted by Robin Furth; script by Peter David; illustrated by Richard Isanove, Luke Ross, and Michael Whelan) | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2010 | Best Science Fiction Novel | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2012 | Best Science Fiction Novel | 11/22/63 | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2012 | Best Novelette | "The Little Green God of Agony" | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2014 | Best Fantasy Novel | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2014 | Best Fantasy Novel | Joyland | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2015 | Best Fantasy Novel | Revival | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2019 | Best Horror Novel | The Outsider | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2020 | Best Horror Novel | The Institute | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2021 | Best Collection | If It Bleeds | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | 2011 | Mystery / Thriller | 11/22/63 | Won |
| Modern Library 100 Best Novels | 1998 | Reader's List | The Stand | 29th |
| Modern Library 100 Best Novels | 1998 | Reader's List | It | 84th |
| Mystery Writers of Japan | 2012 | Tozai Mystery Best 100 | Misery | 61st |
| National Magazine Award | 2004 | Fiction | "Rest Stop" | Won |
| National Magazine Award | 2007 | Fiction | "Willa" | Nominated |
| National Magazine Award | 2013 | Fiction | "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" | Won |
| Nebula Award | 1980 | Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated |
| New York Public Library | 1982 | Books for the Teen Age | Firestarter | Won |
| New York Public Library | 1995 | Books of the Century | Carrie | Selected |
| New York Times Book Review | 2011 | 10 Best Books of 2011 | 11/22/63 | Selected |
| O. Henry Award | 1996 | Best American Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association | 1997 | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Shining | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Award | 1994 | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | The Stand | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Award | 1997 | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | The Shining | Nominated |
| Prix Ozone Award | 1997 | Best Foreign Novel - Horror | Desperation | Won |
| Quill Award | 2005 | Sports | Faithful (co-written with Stewart O'Nan) | Won |
| Quill Award | 2005 | Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated |
| Quill Award | 2006 | Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror | Cell | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | 2008 | Best Novella | "N." | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | 2008 | Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | 2009 | Best Novelette | "Morality" | Won |
| Shirley Jackson Award | 2015 | Single-Author Collection | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | Won |
| Takarajimasha | 1991 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | Misery | 4th |
| Takarajimasha | 1993 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | It | 4th |
| Takarajimasha | 1998 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | The Green Mile | 3rd |
| Takarajimasha | 2002 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | The Stand | 8th |
| Takarajimasha | 2014 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | 11/22/63 | 1st |
| Takarajimasha | 2017 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | Mr. Mercedes | 3rd |
| US Magazine | 1982 | Best Fiction Writer of the Year | Stephen King | Won |
| University of Southern California | 1991 | USC Scripter Award | Misery (shared with screenwriter William Goldman) | Nominated |
| University of Southern California | 1994 | USC Scripter Award | The Shawshank Redemption (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont) | Won |
| University of Southern California | 1999 | USC Scripter Award | The Green Mile (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont) | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1976 | Best Novel | 'Salem's Lot | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1979 | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1979 | Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1981 | Best Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1982 | Best Short Story | "Do the Dead Sing?" | Won |
| World Fantasy Award | 1983 | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1983 | Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1984 | Best Novel | Pet Sematary | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1985 | Best Novel | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1985 | Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1986 | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1987 | Best Novel | It | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1987 | Best Short Story | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1988 | Best Novel | Misery | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 1995 | Best Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won |
| World Fantasy Award | 2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 2007 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | 2012 | Best Novel | 11/22/63 | Nominated |