Alex Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Fiction
Just After Sunset
Winner
2009
American Audio Publishers Association
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Audie Award: Fiction, Unabridged
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Narrated by Frank Muller.
Winner
2002
Audie Award: Fiction
Duma Key. Narrated by John Slattery.
Winner
2009
Audie Award: Fiction
Doctor Sleep. Narrated by Will Patton.
Winner
2014
Audie Award: Thriller/Suspense
The Institute (Narrated by Santino Fontana)
Winner
2020
Audie Award: Lifetime Achievement
Audiobooks
Recipient
2020
American Library Association
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best Books for Young Adults
'Salem's Lot
Recipient
1978
Best Books for Young Adults
Firestarter
Recipient
1981
American Society of Magazine Editors
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
National Magazine Award - Fiction
Rest Stop (Esquire)
2004
National Magazine Award - Fiction
Batman and Robin Have an Altercation (Harper's Magazine)
Winner
2013
Balrog Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Collection/Anthology
Night Shift
Nominee
1979
Novel
The Stand
Nominee
1979
Collection/Anthology
Night Shift
Winner
1980
Novel
The Stand
Nominee
1980
Professional Achievement
N/A
Nominee
1980
Novel
The Dead Zone
Nominee
1980
Professional Achievement
N/A
Nominee
1981
Novel
Firestarter
Nominee
1981
Professional Achievement
N/A
Nominee
1982
Novel
Cujo
Nominee
1982
Black Quill Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Dark Genre Novel of the Year - Reader's Choice
Duma Key
Winner
2009
British Fantasy Society
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
For Outstanding Contribution to the Genre
N/A
Winner
1981
Short Fiction
Crouch End
Nominee
1981
August Derleth Award
Firestarter
Nominee
1981
Best Novel
Cujo
Winner
1982
Short Fiction
Apt Pupil
Nominee
1983
Best Novel
IT
Winner
1987
Best Novel
Rose Madder
Nominee
1995
Best Novel
The Green Mile
Nominee
1996
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Best Novel
Nominee
1997
Best Novel
Bag of Bones
Winner
1999
Best Short Story
Hearts in Atlantis
Nominee
1999
Best Short Story
The Road Virus Heads North
Nominee
1999
Collection
Hearts in Atlantis
Nominee
2000
Collection
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
2003
Best Novel
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Winner
2005
Best Novel
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
Nominee
2005
Best Collection
Just After Sunset
Nominee
2009
Best Short Fiction
N.
Nominee
2009
Best Novel
Under the Dome
Nominee
2010
Best Novel
11/22/63
Nominee
2012
Canadian Booksellers Association Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
N/A
Winner
2007
Deutscher Phantastik Preis Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best International Novel
Hearts in Atlantis (Atlantis)
Winner
2000
Best International Novel
Winner
2001
Best International Novel
Dreamcatcher (Duddits)
Nominee
2002
Best International Novel
Black House (Das schwarze Haus)
Winner
2003
International Author of the Year
N/A
Nominee
2003
Best International Novel
Cycle of the Werewolf (Wolfsmond)
Nominee
2004
International Author of the Year
N/A
Winner
2004
Best International Website
N/A
Winner
2004
Honor Award
N/A
Nominee
2004
Best International Novel
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (Der Turm)
Winner
2005
Best International Novel
Lisey's Story (Liebe)
Nominee
2007
Gandalf Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Book-Length Fantasy
The Shining
Nominee
1978
Book-Length Fantasy
The Stand
Nominee
1979
Goodreads
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Choice Award: Fantasy
The Wind Through the Keyhole
Winner
2012
Choice Award: Horror
Doctor Sleep
Winner
2013
Choice Award: Mystery and Thriller
Mr. Mercedes
Winner
2014
Choice Award: Mystery and Thriller
End of Watch
Winner
2016
Choice Award: Horror
Sleeping Beauties
Winner
2017
Choice Award: Horror
Elevation
Winner
2018
Choice Award: Mystery and Thriller
The Outsider
Winner
2018
Choice Award: Horror
The Institute
Winner
2019
Horror Guild
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Novel
Desperation
Winner
1997
Long Story
Riding the Bullet
Winner
2001
Nonfiction
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Winner
2001
Novel
Black House
Winner
2002
Novel
From A Buick 8
Winner
2003
Collection
Everything's Eventual
Winner
2003
Horror Writers Association
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Bram Stoker Award - Best Novel
Misery
Winner (Tie)
1987
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
The Night Flier
Nominee
1988
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
The Langoliers
Nominee
1990
Bram Stoker Award - Fiction Collection
Four Past Midnight
Winner
1990
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Needful Things
Nominee
1991
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
Nominee
1991
Bram Stoker Award - Fiction Collection
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Nominee
1993
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Insomnia
Nominee
1994
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
Winner
1995
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
The Green Mile
Winner
1996
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
1997
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Bag of Bones
Winner
1998
Bram Stoker Award - Short Fiction
Autopsy Room Four
Nominee
1998
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Low Men in Yellow Coats
Nominee
1999
Bram Stoker Award - Fiction Collection
Hearts in Atlantis
Nominee
1999
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
Riding the Bullet
Nominee
2000
Bram Stoker Award - Nonfiction
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Winner
2000
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Black House
Nominee
2001
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
From A Buick 8
Nominee
2002
Bram Stoker Award - Fiction Collection
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
2002
Lifetime Achievement Award
N/A
Winner
2002
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Nominee
2003
Bram Stoker Award - Short Fiction
Harvey's Dream
Nominee
2003
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Nominee
2004
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
Lisey and the Madman
Nominee
2004
Bram Stoker Award - Long Fiction
The Things They Left Behind
Nominee
2005
Bram Stoker Award - Novel
Lisey's Story
Winner
2006
Bram Stoker Award - Superior Achievement in a Novel
Duma Key
Winner
2009
Bram Stoker Award - Superior Achievement in a Collection
Just After Sunset
Winner
2009
Bram Stoker Award - Superior Achievement in a Collection
Full Dark, No Stars
Winner
2010
Bram Stoker Award - Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
Winner
2011
Bram Stoker Award - Superior Achievement in a Novel
Doctor Sleep
Winner
2013
Bram Stoker Award - Best Novel
Sleeping Beauties
Nominee
2018
Hugo Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Nonfiction
Danse Macabre
Winner
1982
International Horror Guild Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Television
Storm of the Century
Winner
1999
Long Story
Riding the Bullet
Nominee
2000
Nonfiction
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Nominee
2000
Novel
Black House
Nominee
2001
Novel
From a Buick 8
Nominee
2002
Collection
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
2002
Television
Rose Red
Nominee
2002
Living Legends Award
N/A
Recipient
2003
Novel
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Nominee
2003
Television
Kingdom Hospital
Nominee
2004
Novel
Lisey's Story
Nominee
2006
Italia Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
International Novel
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Nominee
1998
Library Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
'Salem's Lot
Winner
1978
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
Firestarter
Winner
1981
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
Firestarter
Winner
1982
Spokane Public Library Golden Pen Award
N/A
Recipient
1986
Library of Congress
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Lifetime of Work Promoting Literacy
N/A
Recipient
2016
Locus Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Fantasy Novel
The Shining
Nominee
1978
Novelette
The Gunslinger
Nominee
1979
Single Author Collection
Night Shift
Nominee
1979
Novel
The Stand
Nominee
1979
Short Fiction
The Crate
Nominee
1980
Fantasy Novel
The Dead Zone
Nominee
1980
Science Fiction Novel
Firestarter
Nominee
1981
Fantasy Novel
The Mist
Nominee
1981
Novelette
The Way Station
Nominee
1981
Related Nonfiction Book
Danse Macabre
Winner
1982
Fantasy Novel
Cujo
Nominee
1982
Novella
The Breathing Method
Nominee
1983
Single Author Collection
Different Seasons
Nominee
1983
Short Fiction
It Grows On You
Nominee
1983
Novelette
The Raft
Nominee
1983
Fantasy Novel
Christine
Nominee
1984
Fantasy Novel
Pet Sematary
Nominee
1984
Novella
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
Nominee
1985
Fantasy Novel
The Talisman
Nominee
1985
Collection
Skeleton Crew
Winner
1986
Fantasy Novel
IT
Nominee
1987
Fantasy Novel
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
Nominee
1988
Science Fiction Novel
The Tommyknockers
Nominee
1988
Horror Novel
The Dark Half
Nominee
1990
Collection
Four Past Midnight
Nominee
1991
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition
Nominee
1991
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
Nominee
1992
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
Needful Things
Nominee
1992
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
Dolores Claiborne
Nominee
1993
Collection
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Nominee
1994
Novella
The Ten O'Clock People
Nominee
1994
Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
Insomnia
Nominee
1995
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
Rose Madder
Nominee
1996
Novelette
Nominee
1996
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
Desperation
Winner
1997
Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
The Green Mile
Nominee
1997
Art Book
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Nominee
1998
Fantasy Novel
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Nominee
1998
Novella
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
1998
Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
Bag of Bones
Winner
1999
Collection
Hearts in Atlantis
Nominee
2000
Nonfiction
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Winner
2001
Fantasy Novel
Black House
Nominee
2002
Collection
Everything's Eventual
Nominee
2003
Fantasy Novel
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Nominee
2004
Fantasy Novel
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
Nominee
2005
Fantasy Novel
Lisey's Story
Nominee
2007
Best Horror Novel
The Outsider
Nominee
2019
Los Angeles Times Book Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best Mystery / Thriller
11/22/63
Winner
2011
Mystery Writers of America
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Grand Master Award
N/A
Winner
2007
Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel
Mr. Mercedes
Winner
2015
Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Short Story
Obits
Winner
2016
National Book Foundation
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
N/A
Recipient
2003
National Endowment for the Arts
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
National Medal for the Arts
N/A
Recipient
2014
O. Henry Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best American Short Story
The Man in the Black Suit
Winner
1996
PEN America
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
PEN America Literary Service Award
N/A
Recipient
2018
Quill Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Sports
Faithful
Winner
2005
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Nominee
2005
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
CELL
Nominee
2006
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Nebula Award - Novelette
The Way Station
Nominee
1981
Shirley Jackson Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best Novelette
Winner
2009
Takarajimasha
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
University of Maine
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Alumni Career Award
N/A
Recipient
1980
Us Magazine
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Best Fiction Writer of the Year
N/A
Winner
1982
World Fantasy Awards
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
Novel
'Salem's Lot
Nominee
1976
Novel
The Stand
Nominee
1979
Collection/Anthology
Night Shift
Nominee
1979
Convention Award
N/A
Winner
1980
Novel
The Mist
Nominee
1981
Short Fiction
Do the Dead Sing?
Winner (Tie)
1982
Novella
The Breathing Method
Nominee
1983
Anthology/Collection
Different Seasons
Nominee
1983
Novel
Pet Sematary
Nominee
1984
Novel
The Talisman
Nominee
1985
Novella
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
Nominee
1985
Anthology/Collection
Skeleton Crew
Nominee
1986
Novel
IT
Nominee
1987
Short Fiction
The End of the Whole Mess
Nominee
1987
Novel
Misery
Nominee
1988
Short Fiction
The Man in the Black Suit
Winner
1995
Collection
Hearts in Atlantis
Nominee
2000
Lifetime Achievement
N/A
Winner
2004
Novel
Lisey's Story
Nominee
2007
World Horror Convention
Award Category
Work
Status
Year
World Horror Grandmaster
N/A
Winner
1992
