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 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected 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
| List of accolades received by Stephen King | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Result |
| 1976 | World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel | 'Salem's Lot | Nominated |
| 1977 | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation
Shared with Brian DePalma and Lawrence D. Cohen |
Carrie | Nominated |
| 1978 | American Library Association | Best Books for Young Adults | 'Salem's Lot | Won |
| Night Shift | Nominated | |||
| Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | The Shining | Nominated | |
| Gandalf Award | Book-Length Fantasy | Nominated | ||
| 1979 | American Library Association | Best Books for Young Adults | The Long Walk | Won |
| Balrog Award | Best Collection Anthology | Night Shift | Nominated | |
| Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated | ||
| Gandalf Award | Book-Length Fantasy | Nominated | ||
| Locus Award | Best Novel | Nominated | ||
| Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated | ||
| Best Novelette | "The Gunslinger" | Nominated | ||
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated | |
| Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated | ||
| 1980 | Balrog Awards | Best Novel | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
| Best Collection/Anthology | Night Shift | Won | ||
| Professional Achievement | N/A | Nominated | ||
| Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dead Zone | Nominated | |
| Best Short Story | "The Crate" | Nominated | ||
| Nebula Awards | Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated | |
| University of Maine | Alumni Career Award | N/A | Won | |
| World Fantasy Awards | Convention Award | Won | ||
| 1981 | American Library Association | Best Books for Young Adults | Firestarter | Won |
| Balrog Awards | Best Novel | Nominated | ||
| Professional Achievement | N/A | Nominated | ||
| British Fantasy Awards | August Derleth Award | Firestarter | Nominated | |
| Best Short Fiction | "Crouch End" | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Contribution to the Genre | N/A | Won | ||
| Locus Awards | Best Science Fiction Novel | Firestarter | Nominated | |
| Best Fantasy Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated | ||
| Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated | ||
| World Fantasy Award | Best Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated | |
| 1982 | Balrog Awards | Best Novel | Cujo | Nominated |
| Professional Achievement | N/A | Nominated | ||
| British Fantasy Awards | August Derleth Award | Cujo | Won | |
| Hugo Award | Best Related Work | Danse Macabre | Won | |
| Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | Cujo | Nominated | |
| Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre | Won | ||
| New York Public Library | Books for the Teen Age | Firestarter | Won | |
| US Magazine | Best Fiction Writer of the Year | N/A | Won | |
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Short Story | "Do the Dead Sing?" | Won | |
| 1983 | British Fantasy Awards | Best Short Fiction | "Apt Pupil" | Nominated |
| "The Breathing Method" | Won | |||
| Locus Awards | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated | |
| Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated | ||
| Best Novelette | "The Raft" | Nominated | ||
| Best Short Story | "It Grows on You" | Nominated | ||
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated | |
| Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated | ||
| 1984 | Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | Christine | Nominated |
| Pet Sematary | Nominated | |||
| World Fantasy Award | Best Novel | Nominated | ||
| 1985 | Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel
Shared with Peter Straub |
The Talisman | Nominated |
| Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated | ||
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel
Shared with Peter Straub |
The Talisman | Nominated | |
| Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated | ||
| 1986 | Locus Awards | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Won |
| Spokane Public Library | Golden Pen Award | N/A | Won | |
| World Fantasy Award | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Misery | Tie |
| British Fantasy Awards | August Derleth Award | It | Won | |
| Golden Raspberry Award | Worst Director | Maximum Overdrive | Nominated | |
| Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | It | Nominated | |
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel | Nominated | ||
| Best Short Story | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Nominated | ||
| 1988 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Long Fiction | "The Night Flier" | Nominated |
| Fantasporto | Grande Prémio Fantasporto | Maximum Overdrive | Nominated | |
| Locus Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three | Nominated | |
| Best Science Fiction Novel | The Tommyknockers | Nominated | ||
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel | Misery | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | The Eyes of the Dragon | Won | |
| 1990 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Fiction Collection | Four Past Midnight | Won |
| Best Long Fiction | "The Langoliers" | Nominated | ||
| Locus Awards | Best Horror Novel | The Dark Half | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Needful Things | Nominated |
| The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated | |||
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | Pet Sematary | Won | ||
| Takarajimasha | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | Misery | 4th | |
| Locus Award | Best Collection | Four Past Midnight | Nominated | |
| Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | The Stand: Complete and Uncut Edition | Nominated | ||
| University of Southern California | USC Scripter Award
Shared with William Goldman |
Misery | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Fantafestival | Best Screenplay | Sleepwalkers | Won |
| Locus Awards | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Needful Things | Nominated | |
| The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated | |||
| World Horror Convention | Grand Master Award | N/A | Won | |
| 1993 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Fiction Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
| Locus Award | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Dolores Claiborne | Nominated | |
| Takarajimasha | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | It | 4th | |
| 1994 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | It | Nominated | ||
| Fangoria | Fangoria Hall of Fame | N/A | Inducted | |
| Locus Awards | Best Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated | |
| Best Novella | "The Ten O'Clock People" | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Miniseries
Shared with Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin and Peter R. McIntosh |
The Stand | Nominated | |
| University of Southern California | USC Scripter Award
Shared with Frank Darabont |
The Shawshank Redemption | Won | |
| 1995 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Long Fiction | "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" | Won |
| Locus Award | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Insomnia | Nominated | |
| New York Public Library | Books of the Century | Carrie | Selected | |
| World Fantasy Award | Best Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won | |
| 1996 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | The Green Mile | Won |
| Locus Awards | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Rose Madder | Nominated | |
| Best Novelette | "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" | Nominated | ||
| O. Henry Award | Best American Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won | |
| 1997 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Long Fiction | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated |
| International Horror Guild Awards | Best Novel | Desperation | Won | |
| Locus Awards | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Won | ||
| The Green Mile | Nominated | |||
| Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Shining | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Miniseries
Shared with Mark Carliner and Elliot Friedgen |
Nominated | ||
| Prix Ozone Award | Best Foreign Novel- Horror | Desperation | Won | |
| 1998 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
| Best Short Fiction | "Autopsy Room Four" | Nominated | ||
| Italia Award | Best International Novel | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated | ||
| Best Novella | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated | ||
| Modern Library 100 Best Novels | Reader's List | The Stand | 29th | |
| It | 84th | |||
| Takarajimasha | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | The Green Mile | 3rd | |
| 1999 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | "Low Men in Yellow Coats" | Nominated |
| Best Fiction Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated | ||
| British Fantasy Awards | August Derleth Award | Bag of Bones | Won | |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | Best International Novel | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated | |
| International Horror Guild Award | Best Television Program | Storm of the Century | Won | |
| Locus Award | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Bag of Bones | Won | |
| University of Southern California | USC Scripter Award
Shared with Frank Darabont |
The Green Mile | Nominated | |
| 2000 | American Library Association | Best Fiction for Young Adults | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated |
| 100 Best Books for Teens- 1966-2000 | The Long Walk | Selected | ||
| Bram Stoker Award | Best Long Fiction | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated | |
| Best Non-Fiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won | ||
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | Best International Novel | Hearts in Atlantis | Won | |
| International Horror Guild Award | Best Long Fiction | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated | |
| Best Non-Fiction | On Writing | Won | ||
| Locus Award | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated | |
| World Fantasy Awards | Nominated | |||
| 2001 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel
Shared with Peter Straub |
Black House | Nominated |
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | The Green Mile | Nominated | ||
| International Horror Guild Award | Best Novel
Shared with Peter Straub |
Black House | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Non-Fiction/Art Book | On Writing | Won | |
| 2002 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Nominated |
| Best Fiction Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated | ||
| Lifetime Achievement Award | N/A | Won | ||
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | Best International Novel | Dreamcatcher | Nominated | |
| International Horror Guild Award | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Won | |
| Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Won | ||
| Best Television Program | Rose Red | Nominated | ||
| Takarajimasha | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | The Stand | 8th | |
| Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel
Shared with Peter Straub |
Black House | Nominated | |
| 2003 | BBC | The Big Read | The Stand | 53rd |
| It | 144th | |||
| The Green Mile | 146th | |||
| Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated | |
| Best Short Fiction | "Harvey's Dream" | Nominated | ||
| British Fantasy Awards | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated | |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | International Novel of the Year
Shared with Peter Straub |
Black House | Won | |
| International Author of the Year | N/A | Won | ||
| International Horror Guild Awards | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated | |
| Living Legend Award | N/A | Won | ||
| Locus Award | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated | |
| National Book Foundation | Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | N/A | Won | |
| 2004 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated |
| Best Long Fiction | "Lisey and the Mad Man" | Nominated | ||
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | International Author of the Year | N/A | Won | |
| Honor Award | N/A | Nominated | ||
| International Horror Guild Award | Best Television Program | Kingdom Hospital | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated | |
| National Magazine Award | Fiction | "Rest Stop" | Won | |
| World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | N/A | Won | |
| 2005 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Long Fiction | "The Things They Left Behind" | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | August Derleth Award | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Won | |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | Best International Novel | Won | ||
| Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | Nominated | |
| Quill Award | Sports
Shared with Stewart O'Nan |
Faithful | Won | |
| Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Won |
| International Horror Guild Awards | Nominated | |||
| Quill Award | Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | Cell | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Black Quill Awards | Best Dark Scribble | "The Gingerbread Girl" | Nominated |
| Canadian Booksellers Association | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/A | Won | |
| Deutscher Phantastik Preis | International Book of the Year | Lisey's Story | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated | ||
| Mystery Writers of America | Grand Master Award | N/A | Won | |
| National Magazine Award | Fiction | "Willa" | Nominated | |
| World Fantasy Award | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Entertainment Weekly | 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 | On Writing | 21st |
| Locus Award | Best Short Story | "Graduation Afternoon" | Nominated | |
| Shirley Jackson Award | Best Novella | "N." | Nominated | |
| Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | American Library Association | Alex Award | Won | |
| Black Quill Award | Best Dark Genre Novel | Duma Key | Won | |
| Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Won | ||
| Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Won | ||
| British Fantasy Award | Nominated | |||
| Best Short Fiction | "N." | Nominated | ||
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery and Thriller | Under the Dome | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | ||
| Shirley Jackson Award | Best Novelette | "Morality" | Won | |
| 2010 | American Library Association | Alex Award | Under the Dome | Nominated |
| British Fantasy Award | August Derleth Award | Nominated | ||
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery and Thriller | Full Dark, No Stars | Nominated | |
| Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Under the Dome | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Public Library | Literary Award | N/A | Won | |
| 2011 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Fiction Collection | Full Dark, No Stars | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | Best Collection | Won | ||
| Best Novella | "1922" | Nominated | ||
| Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | Under the Dome | Nominated | ||
| Fall for the Book | Mason Award | N/A | Won | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Science Fiction | 11/22/63 | Won | |
| Locus Award | Best Nonfiction/Art Book
Shared with Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove and Luke Ross |
The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Mystery/Thriller | 11/22/63 | Won | |
| New York Times Book Review | 10 Best Books of 2011 | Selected | ||
| 2012 | Bram Stoker Award | Best Short Fiction | "Herman Wouk is Still Alive" | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | August Derleth Award | 11/22/63 | Nominated | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Fantasy | The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole | Won | |
| International Thriller Writers Awards | Best Hardcover Novel | 11/22/63 | Won | |
| Mystery Writers of Japan | Tozai Mystery Best 100 | Misery | 61st | |
| World Fantasy Awards | Best Novel | 11/22/63 | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Goodreads Choice Awards | Horror | Doctor Sleep | Won |
| Mystery and Thriller | Joyland | Nominated | ||
| National Magazine Award | Fiction | "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" | Won | |
| 2014 | American Library Association | Alex Award | Joyland | Nominated |
| Anthony Award | Best Paperback Original | Nominated | ||
| Bram Stoker Award | Best Novel | Doctor Sleep | Won | |
| Edgar Award | Best Paperback Original | Joyland | Nominated | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery and Thriller | Mr. Mercedes | Won | |
| International Thriller Writers Award | Best Novel | Doctor Sleep | Nominated | |
| Japan Booksellers' Award | Best Translated Novel | 11/22/63 | 2nd | |
| Takarajimasha | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | 1st | ||
| 2015 | Edgar Award | Best Novel | Mr. Mercedes | Won |
| International Association of Crime Writers | Hammett Prize | Won | ||
| National Endowment of the Arts | National Medal of Arts | N/A | Awarded | |
| Shirley Jackson Award | Single-Author Collection | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | Won | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Mystery and Thriller | Finders Keepers | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Edgar Award | Best Short Story | "Obits" | Won |
References
External links
- Partial list of awards and nominations on Stephen King's website
- Official site of the Bram Stoker Awards
- Official site of the World Fantasy Awards
- Comprehensive listing of all Locus Award winners and nominees
- Official site of the Edgar Awards
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