Award |
Year |
Category |
Recipient(s) |
Result |
Ref. |
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 |