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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

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: Science Fiction

11/22/63

Winner

2011

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

Film

Apt Pupil

Nominee

1998

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

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (Best Translated Mystery Fiction of the Year in Japan)

11/22/63

Winner

2014

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

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