Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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American Library Association | 1978 | Best Books for Young Adults | 'Salem's Lot | Won | [11] |
Night Shift | Nominated | [12] |
1979 | The Long Walk | Won | [citation needed] |
1981 | Firestarter | Won | [11] |
2000 | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated | [13] |
100 Best Books for Teens - 1966–2000 | The Long Walk | Selected | [14] |
2009 | Alex Award | Just After Sunset | Won | [15] |
2010 | Under the Dome | Nominated | [16] |
2014 | Joyland | Nominated | [17] |
Anthony Award | 2014 | Best Paperback Original | Joyland | Nominated | [18] |
Audie Award | 1997 | Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook | The Green Mile (narrated by Frank Muller) | Won | [19] |
1999 | Best Audiobook Package Design | Bag of Bones | Nominated | [20] |
2001 | Best Unabridged Non-Fiction Audiobook | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Nominated | [21] |
2002 | Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub; narrated by Frank Muller) | Won | [22] |
2006 | Best Solo Narration — Male | The Shining (narrated by Campbell Scott) | Nominated | [23] |
2009 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Duma Key (narrated by John Slattery) | Won | [24] |
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 | [25] |
2014 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Doctor Sleep (narrated by Will Patton) | Won | [26] |
Best Solo Narration — Male | Nominated |
2015 | Best Fiction Audiobook | Mr. Mercedes (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated | [27] |
Best Solo Narration — Male | Nominated |
2016 | Best Male Narrator | Finders Keepers (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated | [28] |
Best Original Work | Drunken Fireworks (narrated by Tim Sample) | Nominated |
2017 | Best Fiction Audiobook | End of Watch (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated | [29] |
Best Male Narrator | Nominated |
2019 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | The Outsider (narrated by Will Patton) | Nominated | [30] |
Best Male Narrator | Pet Sematary (narrated by Michael C. Hall) | Nominated |
2020 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | The Institute (narrated by Santino Fontana) | Won | [31] |
2021 | Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook | If It Bleeds (narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber) | Nominated | [32] |
BBC | 2003 | The Big Read | The Stand | 53rd | [33] |
It | 144th |
The Green Mile | 146th |
Balrog Award | 1979 | Best Collection / Anthology | Night Shift | Nominated | [1] |
Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
1980 | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
The Stand | Nominated |
Best Collection / Anthology | Night Shift | Won |
1981 | Best Novel | Firestarter | Nominated |
1982 | Best Novel | Cujo | Nominated |
1983 | Best Artist | Stephen King | Nominated |
Black Quill Award | 2007 | Best Dark Scribble | "The Gingerbread Girl" | Nominated | [34] |
2008 | Best Dark Genre Novel | Duma Key | Won | [35] |
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer | Duma Key (produced by Scribner) | Nominated | [36] |
2010 | Dark Genre Novel of the Year | Under the Dome | Nominated | [37] |
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer | Under the Dome (produced by Scribner) | Nominated |
Bram Stoker Award | 1987 | Best Novel | Misery | Won | [1] |
1988 | Best Novelette | "The Night Flier" | Nominated |
1990 | Best Fiction Collection | Four Past Midnight | Won |
Best Novelette | "The Langoliers" | Nominated |
1991 | Best Novel | Needful Things | Nominated |
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated |
1993 | Best Fiction Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
1994 | Best Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
1995 | Best Novelette | "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" | Won |
1996 | Best Novel | The Green Mile | Won |
1997 | Best Long Fiction | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated |
1998 | Best Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
Best Short Fiction | "Autopsy Room Four" | Nominated |
1999 | Best Novel | "Low Men in Yellow Coats" | Nominated |
Best Fiction Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
2000 | Best Long Fiction | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated |
Best Non-Fiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
2001 | Best Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
2002 | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Nominated |
Best Fiction Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
2003 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
Best Short Fiction | "Harvey's Dream" | Nominated |
2004 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated |
Best Long Fiction | "Lisey and the Mad Man" | Nominated |
2005 | "The Things They Left Behind" | Nominated |
2006 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Won |
2009 | Duma Key | Won |
Best Fiction Collection | Just After Sunset | Won |
2011 | Full Dark, No Stars | Won |
2012 | Best Short Fiction | "Herman Wouk is Still Alive" | Won |
2014 | Best Novel | Doctor Sleep | Won |
2018 | Best Novel | Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King) | Nominated |
British Fantasy Award | 1981 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Firestarter | Nominated | [1] |
Best Short Fiction | "Crouch End" | Nominated |
1982 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Cujo | Won |
Best Short Fiction | "The Monkey" | Nominated |
1983 | "Apt Pupil" | Nominated |
"The Breathing Method" | Won |
1987 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | It | Won |
1991 | Best Collection | Four Past Midnight | Nominated |
1999 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
2003 | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
2005 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Won |
2009 | Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Nominated |
Best Short Fiction | "N." | Nominated |
2010 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | Under the Dome | Nominated |
2011 | Best Collection | Full Dark, No Stars | Won |
Best Novella | "1922" | Nominated |
2012 | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel | 11/22/63 | Nominated |
2020 | The Institute | Nominated |
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award | 1989 | Best Novel | The Eyes of the Dragon | Won | [38] |
1991 | Best Collection | Pet Sematary | Won |
1994 | Best Novel | It | Nominated |
2001 | Best Novel | The Green Mile | Nominated |
2011 | Best Novella | Under the Dome | Nominated |
Deutscher Phantastik Preis | 2000 | Best International Novel | Hearts in Atlantis | Won | [1] |
2001 | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Nominated |
2002 | Dreamcatcher | Nominated |
2003 | Best International Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Won |
International Author of the Year | Stephen King | Nominated |
2004 | Stephen King | Won |
Best International Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
2005 | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Won |
2007 | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
2014 | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
Dragon Award | 2018 | Best Horror Novel | Sleeping Beauties | Won |
Edgar Award | 2014 | Best Paperback Original | Joyland | Nominated | [39] |
2015 | Best Novel | Mr. Mercedes | Won | [40] |
2016 | Best Short Story | "Obits" | Won | [41] |
2017 | "The Music Room" | Nominated | [42] |
Eisner Award | 2011 | Best New Series | American Vampire (with creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque) | Won | [43] |
Entertainment Weekly | 2008 | 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | 21st | [44] |
Fantafestival | 1992 | Best Screenplay | Sleepwalkers | Won | [45] |
Fantasporto | 1988 | Grande Prémio Fantasporto | Maximum Overdrive | Nominated | [citation needed] |
Gandalf Award | 1978 | Book-Length Fantasy | The Shining | Nominated | [46] |
1979 | The Stand | Nominated |
Golden Raspberry Award | 1986 | Worst Director | Maximum Overdrive (directed by Stephen King) | Nominated | [47] |
Goodreads Choice Award | 2009 | Mystery and Thriller | Under the Dome | Nominated | [48] |
2011 | Science Fiction | 11/22/63 | Won | [49] |
2012 | Fantasy | The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole | Won | [50] |
2013 | Horror | Doctor Sleep | Won | [51] |
Mystery and Thriller | Joyland | Nominated | [52] |
2014 | Mr. Mercedes | Won | [53] |
2015 | Finders Keepers | Nominated | [54] |
2016 | End of Watch | Won | [55] |
2017 | Horror | Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King) | Won | [56] |
2018 | Mystery and Thriller | The Outsider | Won | [57] |
Horror | Elevation | Won |
2019 | The Institute | Won | [58] |
2020 | If It Bleeds | Nominated | [59] |
2022 | Gwendy's Final Task (co-written with Richard Chizmar) | Nominated | [60] |
2023 | Holly (novel) | Won | [61] |
Hugo Award | 1977 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Carrie (directed by Brian De Palma; screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen) | Nominated | [62] |
1982 | Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre | Won | [63] |
2016 | Best Novelette | "Obits" | Nominated | [64] |
International Association of Crime Writers | 2014 | Hammett Prize | Mr. Mercedes | Won | [65] |
International Horror Guild Award | 1999 | Best Television Program | Storm of the Century | Won | [66] |
2000 | Best Long Story | "Riding the Bullet" | Nominated |
Best Nonfiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
2001 | Best Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
2002 | Best Novel | From a Buick 8 | Nominated |
Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
Best Television Program | Rose Red (directed by Craig R. Baxley) | Nominated |
2003 | Best Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
2004 | Best Television Program | Kingdom Hospital | Nominated |
2006 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
International Thriller Writers Award | 2012 | Best Hardcover Novel | 11/22/63 | Won | [67] |
2014 | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
Italia Award | 1999 | Best International Novel | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass | Nominated | [1] |
Japan Booksellers' Award | 2014 | Best Translated Novel | 11/22/63 (translated by Rō Shiraishi) | Nominated | [68] |
Locus Award | 1978 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Shining | Nominated | [1] |
1979 | Best Novel | The Stand | Nominated |
Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated |
Best Novelette | "The Gunslinger" | Nominated |
1980 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
Best Short Story | "The Crate" | Nominated |
1981 | Best Science Fiction Novel | Firestarter | Nominated |
Best Fantasy Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated |
Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated |
1982 | Best Fantasy Novel | Cujo | Nominated |
Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre | Won |
1983 | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated |
Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated |
Best Novelette | "The Raft" | Nominated |
Best Short Story | "It Grows on You" | Nominated |
1984 | Best Fantasy Novel | Christine | Nominated |
Pet Sematary | Nominated |
1985 | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated |
1986 | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Won |
1987 | Best Fantasy Novel | It | Nominated |
1988 | The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three | Nominated |
Best Science Fiction Novel | The Tommyknockers | Nominated |
1990 | Best Horror Novel | The Dark Half | Nominated |
1991 | Best Collection | Four Past Midnight | Nominated |
Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | The Stand: Complete and Uncut Edition | Nominated |
1992 | Needful Things | Nominated |
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | Nominated |
1993 | Dolores Claiborne | Nominated |
1994 | Best Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
Best Novella | "The Ten O'Clock People" | Nominated |
1995 | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
1996 | Rose Madder | Nominated |
Best Novelette | "Lunch at the Gotham Café" | Nominated |
1997 | Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel | Desperation | Won |
The Green Mile | Nominated |
1998 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass | Nominated |
Best Art Book | The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (illustrated by Dave McKean) | Nominated |
Best Novella | "Everything's Eventual" | Nominated |
1999 | Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | Bag of Bones | Won |
2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
2001 | Best Non-Fiction | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Won |
2002 | Best Fantasy Novel | Black House (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
2003 | Best Collection | Everything's Eventual | Nominated |
2004 | Best Fantasy Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | Nominated |
2005 | The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | Nominated |
2007 | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
2008 | Best Short Story | "Graduation Afternoon" | Nominated |
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 |
Best Science Fiction Novel | Under the Dome | Nominated |
2012 | 11/22/63 | Nominated |
Best Novelette | "The Little Green God of Agony" | Nominated |
2014 | Best Fantasy Novel | Doctor Sleep | Nominated |
Joyland | Nominated |
2015 | Revival | Nominated |
2019 | Best Horror Novel | The Outsider | Nominated |
2020 | The Institute | Nominated |
2021 | Best Collection | If It Bleeds | Nominated |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize | 2011 | Mystery / Thriller | 11/22/63 | Won | [69] |
Modern Library 100 Best Novels | 1998 | Reader's List | The Stand | 29th | [citation needed] |
It | 84th |
Mystery Writers of Japan | 2012 | Tozai Mystery Best 100 | Misery | 61st | [70] |
National Magazine Award | 2004 | Fiction | "Rest Stop" | Won | [71] |
2007 | "Willa" | Nominated | [72] |
2013 | "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" | Won | [73] |
Nebula Award | 1980 | Best Novelette | "The Way Station" | Nominated | [1] |
New York Public Library | 1982 | Books for the Teen Age | Firestarter | Won | [2] |
1995 | Books of the Century | Carrie | Selected | [74] |
New York Times Book Review | 2011 | 10 Best Books of 2011 | 11/22/63 | Selected | [75] |
O. Henry Award | 1996 | Best American Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won | [76] |
Online Film & Television Association | 1997 | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Shining | Won | [77] |
Primetime Emmy Award | 1994 | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | The Stand | Nominated | [78] |
1997 | The Shining | Nominated | [79] |
Prix Ozone Award | 1997 | Best Foreign Novel - Horror | Desperation | Won | [1] |
Quill Award | 2005 | Sports | Faithful (co-written with Stewart O'Nan) | Won | [80] |
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Nominated | [1] |
2006 | Cell | Nominated |
Shirley Jackson Award | 2008 | Best Novella | "N." | Nominated | [1] |
Best Collection | Just After Sunset | Nominated |
2009 | Best Novelette | "Morality" | Won |
2015 | Single-Author Collection | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | Won |
Takarajimasha | 1991 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | Misery | 4th | [81] |
1993 | It | 4th | [82] |
1998 | The Green Mile | 3rd | [83] |
2002 | The Stand | 8th | [84] |
2014 | 11/22/63 | 1st | [85] |
2017 | Mr. Mercedes | 3rd | [86] |
US Magazine | 1982 | Best Fiction Writer of the Year | Stephen King | Won | [2] |
University of Southern California | 1991 | USC Scripter Award | Misery (shared with screenwriter William Goldman) | Nominated | [87] |
1994 | The Shawshank Redemption (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont) | Won |
1999 | The Green Mile (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont) | Nominated |
World Fantasy Award | 1976 | Best Novel | 'Salem's Lot | Nominated | [1] |
1979 | The Stand | Nominated |
Best Collection | Night Shift | Nominated |
1981 | Best Novel | "The Mist" | Nominated |
1982 | Best Short Story | "Do the Dead Sing?" | Won |
1983 | Best Collection | Different Seasons | Nominated |
Best Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominated |
1984 | Best Novel | Pet Sematary | Nominated |
1985 | Best Novel | The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub) | Nominated |
Best Novella | "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" | Nominated |
1986 | Best Collection | Skeleton Crew | Nominated |
1987 | Best Novel | It | Nominated |
Best Short Story | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Nominated |
1988 | Best Novel | Misery | Nominated |
1995 | Best Short Story | "The Man in the Black Suit" | Won |
2000 | Best Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
2007 | Best Novel | Lisey's Story | Nominated |
2012 | 11/22/63 | Nominated |