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| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Award
! Year
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| rowspan="9" | American Library Association
| rowspan="2" | 1978
| rowspan="5" | Best Books for Young Adults
| 'Salem's Lot
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Pagan|first=Amanda|date=October 24, 2019|title=Where to Start with Stephen King|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/10/24/start-reading-stephen-king|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=The New York Public Library}}] |
| Night Shift
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Barber|first=Peggy|date=January 11, 1979|title=Best Books for Young Adults - 1978|url=https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/11074/1201011a_Box01_BestBooksforYoungAdults1978_197901.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=American Library Association}}] |
| 1979
| The Long Walk
| {{won}}
| align="center" | {{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| 1981
| Firestarter
| {{won}}
| align="center" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Best Fiction for Young Adults {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/408/all_years|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=American Library Association}}] |
| 100 Best Books for Teens - 1966–2000
| The Long Walk
| {{won|Selected}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Staff Picks: ALA's 100 Best Teen Books|url=http://www.libraryaware.com/1000/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/60457660-b531-4740-bc8e-18f6c49aeb8b?postId=ba95b9c0-df5e-4f02-a933-fe45350bed50|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Camden County Library System}}] |
| 2009
| rowspan="3" | Alex Award
| Just After Sunset
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=|date=January 16, 2009|title=2009 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2009-alex-awards|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=American Library Association|language=en}}] |
| 2010
| Under the Dome
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=|date=January 25, 2010|title=2010 Alex Award Nominations List|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/2010nominations|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=American Library Association|language=en}}] |
| 2014
| Joyland
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=|date=January 29, 2014|title=Alex Awards 2014 Nominations|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards-2014-nominations|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=American Library Association|language=en}}] |
| Anthony Award
| 2014
| Best Paperback Original
| Joyland
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Cogdill|first=Oline|title=2014 Anthony Awards Nominations|url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/3649-2014-anthony-awards|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Mystery Scene}}] |
| rowspan="20" |Audie Award
| 1997
| Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook
| The Green Mile (narrated by Frank Muller)
| {{won}}
| align="center" | [{{Cite web|title=1997 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/1997-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903155419/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/1997-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 1999
| Best Audiobook Package Design
| Bag of Bones
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=1999 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/1999-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006114056/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/1999-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2001
| Best Unabridged Non-Fiction Audiobook
| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2001 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2001-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901162318/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2001-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2002
| Best Unabridged Fiction Audiobook
| The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub; narrated by Frank Muller)
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2002 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2002|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002152853/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2002|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2006
| Best Solo Narration — Male
| The Shining (narrated by Campbell Scott)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2006 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2006-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831175007/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2006-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2009
| Best Fiction Audiobook
| Duma Key (narrated by John Slattery)
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2009 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2009-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030154954/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2009-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 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)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2010 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2010-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826031716/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2010-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| rowspan="2" |2014
| Best Fiction Audiobook
| rowspan="2" |Doctor Sleep (narrated by Will Patton)
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2014 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2014-winners-circle|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310041733/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2014-winners-circle|url-status=dead}}] |
| Best Solo Narration — Male
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| Best Fiction Audiobook
| rowspan="2" |Mr. Mercedes (narrated by Will Patton)
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2015 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2015-winners-circle|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829201037/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2015-winners-circle|url-status=dead}}] |
| Best Solo Narration — Male
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| Best Male Narrator
| Finders Keepers (narrated by Will Patton)
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2016 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2016-winners-circle|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623223709/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2016-winners-circle|url-status=dead}}] |
| Best Original Work
| Drunken Fireworks (narrated by Tim Sample)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2017
| Best Fiction Audiobook
| rowspan="2" |End of Watch (narrated by Will Patton)
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2017 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2017-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105316/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2017-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| Best Male Narrator
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook
| The Outsider (narrated by Will Patton)
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2019 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831145117/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1|url-status=dead}}] |
| Best Male Narrator
| Pet Sematary (narrated by Michael C. Hall)
| {{nom}} |
| 2020
| Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook
| The Institute (narrated by Santino Fontana)
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2020 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203150625/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2021
| Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook
| If It Bleeds (narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2021 Audie Awards® - APA|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies|access-date=August 3, 2021|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323192809/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies|url-status=dead}}] |
| rowspan="1" |2022
|Mystery
|Later
|{{Won}}
| |
| rowspan="3" | BBC
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| rowspan="3" | The Big Read
| The Stand
| {{won|53rd}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=April 2003|title=BBC - The Big Read - Top 100 Books|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=BBC}}] |
| It
| {{won|144th}} |
| The Green Mile
| {{won|146th}} |
| rowspan="8" | Balrog Award
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| Best Collection / Anthology
| Night Shift
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="8" align="center" | |
| rowspan="3" | Best Novel
| The Stand
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | 1980
| The Dead Zone
| {{nom}} |
| The Stand
| {{nom}} |
| Best Collection / Anthology
| Night Shift
| {{won}} |
| 1981
| Best Novel
| Firestarter
| {{nom}} |
| 1982
| Best Novel
| Cujo
| {{nom}} |
| 1983
| Best Artist
| Stephen King
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="5" | Black Quill Award
| 2007
| Best Dark Scribble
| "The Gingerbread Girl"
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=December 2, 2007|title=Dark Scribe Magazine - 1st Annual - Nominees|url=http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/1st-annual-nominees/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Dark Scribe Magazine|language=en}}] |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Best Dark Genre Novel
| Duma Key
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=February 2, 2009|title=Dark Scribe Magazine - 2nd Annual - Winners|url=http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/2nd-annual-winners/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Dark Scribe Magazine|language=en}}] |
| Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
| Duma Key (produced by Scribner)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=November 30, 2008|title=Dark Scribe Magazine - 2nd Annual - Nominees|url=http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/2nd-annual-nominees/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Dark Scribe Magazine|language=en}}] |
| rowspan="2" |2010
| Dark Genre Novel of the Year
| Under the Dome
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=December 2, 2010|title=Dark Scribe Magazine - 4th Annual - Nominees|url=http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/4th-annual-bqa-nominees/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Dark Scribe Magazine|language=en}}] |
| Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
| Under the Dome (produced by Scribner)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="32" | Bram Stoker Award
| 1987
| Best Novel
| Misery
| {{won}}
| rowspan="32" align="center" | |
| 1988
| Best Novelette
| "The Night Flier"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| Best Fiction Collection
| Four Past Midnight
| {{won}} |
| Best Novelette
| "The Langoliers"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| rowspan="2" | Best Novel
| Needful Things
| {{nom}} |
| The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
| {{nom}} |
| 1993
| Best Fiction Collection
| Nightmares & Dreamscapes
| {{nom}} |
| 1994
| Best Novel
| Insomnia
| {{nom}} |
| 1995
| Best Novelette
| "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe"
| {{won}} |
| 1996
| Best Novel
| The Green Mile
| {{won}} |
| 1997
| Best Long Fiction
| "Everything's Eventual"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| Best Novel
| Bag of Bones
| {{won}} |
| Best Short Fiction
| "Autopsy Room Four"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Best Novel
| "Low Men in Yellow Coats"
| {{nom}} |
| Best Fiction Collection
| Hearts in Atlantis
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Best Long Fiction
| "Riding the Bullet"
| {{nom}} |
| Best Non-Fiction
| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
| {{won}} |
| 2001
| Best Novel
| Black House (co-written with Peter Straub)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Best Novel
| From a Buick 8
| {{nom}} |
| Best Fiction Collection
| Everything's Eventual
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Best Novel
| The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
| {{nom}} |
| Best Short Fiction
| "Harvey's Dream"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Best Novel
| The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | Best Long Fiction
| "Lisey and the Mad Man"
| {{nom}} |
| 2005
| "The Things They Left Behind"
| {{nom}} |
| 2006
| rowspan="2" | Best Novel
| Lisey's Story
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Duma Key
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 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)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="19" | British Fantasy Award
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| Firestarter
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="19" align="center" | |
| Best Short Fiction
| "Crouch End"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| Cujo
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="3" | Best Short Fiction
| "The Monkey"
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| "Apt Pupil"
| {{nom}} |
| "The Breathing Method"
| {{won}} |
| 1987
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| It
| {{won}} |
| 1991
| Best Collection
| Four Past Midnight
| {{nom}} |
| 1999
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| Bag of Bones
| {{won}} |
| 2000
| rowspan="2" | Best Collection
| Hearts in Atlantis
| {{nom}} |
| 2003
| Everything's Eventual
| {{nom}} |
| 2005
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Best Collection
| Just After Sunset
| {{nom}} |
| Best Short Fiction
| "N."
| {{nom}} |
| 2010
| August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| Under the Dome
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Best Collection
| Full Dark, No Stars
| {{won}} |
| Best Novella
| "1922"
| {{nom}} |
| 2012
| rowspan="2" | August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
| 11/22/63
| {{nom}} |
| 2020
| The Institute
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="5" | Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
| 1989
| Best Novel
| The Eyes of the Dragon
| {{won}}
| rowspan="5" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Awards for Stephen King - FictionDB|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/stephen-king~book-awards~21018.htm|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=FictionDB}}] |
| 1991
| Best Collection
| Pet Sematary
| {{won}} |
| 1994
| Best Novel
| It
| {{nom}} |
| 2001
| Best Novel
| The Green Mile
| {{nom}} |
| 2011
| Best Novella
| Under the Dome
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="10" | Deutscher Phantastik Preis
| 2000
| rowspan="3" | Best International Novel
| Hearts in Atlantis
| {{won}}
| rowspan="10" align="center" | |
| 2001
| The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
| {{nom}} |
| 2002
| Dreamcatcher
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Best International Novel
| Black House (co-written with Peter Straub)
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | International Author of the Year
| Stephen King
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Stephen King
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="4" | Best International Novel
| The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
| {{nom}} |
| 2005
| The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
| {{won}} |
| 2007
| Lisey's Story
| {{nom}} |
| 2014
| Doctor Sleep
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="1" | Dragon Award
| 2018
| rowspan="1" | Best Horror Novel
| Sleeping Beauties
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="4" |Edgar Award
| 2014
| Best Paperback Original
| Joyland
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2014 Edgar Awards winners announced|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|archive-date=November 10, 2014|website=Mystery Writers of America}}] |
| 2015
| Best Novel
| Mr. Mercedes
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2015 Edgar Awards winners announced|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|archive-date=November 8, 2015|website=Mystery Writers of America}}] |
| 2016
| rowspan="2" | Best Short Story
| "Obits"
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2016 Edgar Awards winners announced|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|archive-date=November 5, 2016|website=Mystery Writers of America}}] |
| 2017
| "The Music Room"
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2017 Edgar Awards winners announced|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html|archive-date=November 7, 2017|website=Mystery Writers of America}}] |
| Eisner Award
| 2011
| Best New Series
| American Vampire (with creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque)
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=December 3, 2012|title=Eisner Awards: 2010-Present|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=San Diego Comic-Con|language=en}}] |
| Entertainment Weekly
| 2008
| 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008
| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
| {{won|21st}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite magazine|date=December 20, 2019|title=The New Classics: Books|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-books/|access-date=February 26, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en}}] |
| Fantafestival
| 1992
| Best Screenplay
| Sleepwalkers
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Festivales {{!}} Cinefania Online|url=http://www.cinefania.com/festival/index.php?f=4|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=www.cinefania.com}}] |
| Fantasporto
| 1988
| Grande Prémio Fantasporto
| Maximum Overdrive
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | {{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| rowspan="2" | Gandalf Award
| 1978
| rowspan="2" | Book-Length Fantasy
| The Shining
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Award Category: Book-Length Fantasy (Gandalf Award)|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/award_category.cgi?225+1|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}] |
| 1979
| The Stand
| {{nom}} |
| Golden Raspberry Award
| 1986
| Worst Director
| Maximum Overdrive (directed by Stephen King)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=John|date=August 23, 2000|title=The Razzies: 1986 Archive|url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716225834/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=25|archive-date=July 16, 2012|website=Golden Raspberry Awards}}] |
| rowspan="20" |Goodreads Choice Awards
|2009
|Mystery and Thriller
|Under the Dome
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://web.archive.org/web/20100218044211/http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/26619-the-2009-goo ] |
| 2011
|Science Fiction
|11/22/63
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2011 ] |
| 2012
|Fantasy
|The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2012 ] |
| 2013
|Horror
|Doctor Sleep
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2013 ] |
| 2013
|Mystery and Thriller
|Joyland
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2013 ] |
| 2014
|Mystery and Thriller
|Mr. Mercedes
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2014 ] |
| 2015
|Mystery and Thriller
|Finders Keepers
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2015 ] |
| 2016
|Mystery and Thriller
|End of Watch
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2016 ] |
| 2017
|Horror
|Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King)
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2017 ] |
| 2018
|Mystery and Thriller
|The Outsider
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2018 ] |
| 2018
|Horror
|Elevation
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2018 ] |
| 2018
|Horror
|Flight or Fright (as editor & contributor with Bev Vincent)
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2018 ] |
| 2019
|Horror
|The Institute
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2019 ] |
| 2020
|Horror
|If It Bleeds
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2020 ] |
| 2021
|Mystery & Thriller
|Billy Summers
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2021 ] |
| 2021
|Horror
|Later
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2021 ] |
| 2022
|Horror
|Gwendy's Final Task (co-written with Richard Chizmar)
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2022 ] |
| 2022
|Fantasy
|Fairy Tale
|{{Nominated}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2022 ] |
| 2023
|Horror
|Holly
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2023 ] |
| 2024
|Horror
|You Like It Darker
|{{Won}}
|[ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-horror-books-2024 ] |
| rowspan="3" | Hugo Award
| 1977
| Best Dramatic Presentation
| Carrie (directed by Brian De Palma; screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=July 26, 2007|title=1977 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1977-hugo-awards/|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=Hugo Awards|language=en-US}}] |
| 1982
| Best Non-Fiction Book
| Danse Macabre
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=July 26, 2007|title=1982 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1982-hugo-awards/|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=Hugo Awards|language=en-US}}] |
| 2016
| Best Novelette
| "Obits"
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 29, 2015|title=2016 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=Hugo Awards|language=en-US}}] |
| International Association of Crime Writers
| 2014
| Hammett Prize
| Mr. Mercedes
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=THE HAMMETT PRIZE: PAST WINNERS, NOMINEES, AND JUDGES|url=http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304013007/http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=International Association of Crime Writers}}] |
| rowspan="10" | International Horror Guild Award
| 1999
| Best Television Program
| Storm of the Century
| {{won}}
| rowspan="10" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=IHG Award Recipients|url=https://horroraward.org/prevrec.html|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=International Horror Guild Awards}}] |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Best Long Story
| "Riding the Bullet"
| {{nom}} |
| Best Nonfiction
| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
| {{won}} |
| 2001
| Best Novel
| Black House (co-written with Peter Straub)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Best Novel
| From a Buick 8
| {{nom}} |
| Best Collection
| Everything's Eventual
| {{nom}} |
| Best Television Program
| Rose Red (directed by Craig R. Baxley)
| {{nom}} |
| 2003
| Best Novel
| The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
| {{nom}} |
| 2004
| Best Television Program
| Kingdom Hospital
| {{nom}} |
| 2006
| Best Novel
| Lisey's Story
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | International Thriller Writers Award
| 2012
| rowspan="2" | Best Hardcover Novel
| 11/22/63
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Past Nominees and Winners – International Thriller Writers|url=https://thrillerwriters.org/programs/award-nominees-and-winners/|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=International Thriller Writers}}] |
| 2014
| Doctor Sleep
| {{nom}} |
| Italia Award
| 1999
| Best International Novel
| The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | |
| Japan Booksellers' Award
| 2014
| Best Translated Novel
| 11/22/63 (translated by Rō Shiraishi)
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=2014年本屋大賞「翻訳小説部門」 {{!}} これまでの本屋大賞 {{!}} 本屋大賞|url=https://www.hontai.or.jp/history/honyaku2014.html|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=www.hontai.or.jp|language=ja}}] |
| rowspan="61" |Locus Award
|1978
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Shining
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="61" align="center" | |
| 1979
|Best Novel
|The Stand
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1979
|Best Collection
|Night Shift
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1979
|Best Novelette
|The Gunslinger
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1980
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Dead Zone
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1980
|Best Short Story
|The Crate
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1981
|Best Science Fiction Novel
|Firestarter
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1981
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Mist
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1981
|Best Novelette
|The Way Station
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1982
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Cujo
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1982
|Best Non-Fiction Book
|Danse Macabre
|{{Won}} |
| 1983
|Best Collection
|Different Seasons
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1983
|Best Novella
|The Breathing Method
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1983
|Best Novelette
|The Raft
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1983
|Best Short Story
|It Grows on You
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1984
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Christine
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1984
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Pet Sematary
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1985
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub)
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1985
|Best Novella
|The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1986
|Best Collection
|Skeleton Crew
|{{Won}} |
| 1987
|Best Fantasy Novel
|It
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1988
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1988
|Best Science Fiction Novel
|The Tommyknockers
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1990
|Best Horror Novel
|The Dark Half
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1991
|Best Collection
|Four Past Midnight
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1991
|Best Horror Novel
|The Stand
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1992
|Best Horror Novel
|Needful Things
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1992
|Best Horror Novel
|The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1993
|Best Horror Novel
|Dolores Claiborne
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1994
|Best Collection
|Nightmares & Dreamscapes
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1994
|Best Novella
|The Ten O'Clock People
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1995
|Horror Novel
|Insomnia (novel)
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1996
|Horror Novel
|Rose Madder
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1996
|Best Novelette
|Lunch at the Gotham Café
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1997
|Best Horror Novel
|Desperation
|{{Won}} |
| 1997
|Best Horror Novel
|The Green Mile
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1998
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1998
|Best Art Book
|The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (illustrated by Dave McKean)
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1998
|Best Novella
|Everything's Eventual
|{{Nominated}} |
| 1999
|Best 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
|Best Fantasy Novel
|The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2007
|Best Fantasy Novel
|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}} |
| 2010
|Best Science Fiction Novel
|Under the Dome
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2012
|Best Science Fiction Novel
|11/22/63
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2012
|Best Novelette
|The Little Green God of Agony
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2014
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Doctor Sleep
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2014
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Joyland
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2015
|Best Fantasy Novel
|Revival
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2019
|Best Horror Novel
|The Outsider
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2020
|Best Horror Novel
|The Institute
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2021
|Best Collection
|If It Bleeds
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2022
|Best Horror Novel
|Later
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2022
|Best Horror Novel
|Billy Summers
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2023
|Best Horror Novel
|Gwendy's Final Task (with Richard Chizmar)
|{{Nominated}} |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize
| 2011
| Mystery / Thriller
| 11/22/63
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Groves|first=Martha|date=April 21, 2012|title=Times awards Book Prizes|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-apr-20-la-me-la-times-book-awards-20120421-story.html|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}] |
| rowspan="2" | Modern Library 100 Best Novels
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| rowspan="2" | Reader's List
| The Stand
| {{won|29th}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
| It
| {{won|84th}} |
| Mystery Writers of Japan
| 2012
| Tozai Mystery Best 100
| Misery
| {{won|61st}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite book|title=Tozai Mystery Best 100 (Revised Edition 2012)|publisher=Bungeishunjū|year=2013|isbn=978-4167217976|location=Japan|language=Japanese}}] |
| rowspan="3" | National Magazine Award
| 2004
| rowspan="3" | Fiction
| "Rest Stop"
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=April 18, 2019|title=Legendary Developing Stephen King Short Story 'Rest Stop' As A Feature|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/legendary-stephen-king-rest-stop-1202598385/|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US}}] |
| 2007
| "Willa"
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|last=Janairo|first=Michael|date=March 15, 2007|title=National Magazine Award finalists|url=https://blog.timesunion.com/books/national-magazine-award-finalists/443/|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Times Union}}] |
| 2013
| "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation"
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|date=May 3, 2013|title=[Honors] {{!}} Harper's Magazine Wins National Magazine Award for Fiction|url=https://harpers.org/2013/05/harpers-magazine-wins-national-magazine-award-for-fiction/|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Harper's Magazine|language=en}}] |
| Nebula Award
| 1980
| Best Novelette
| "The Way Station"
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | |
| rowspan="2" | New York Public Library
| 1982
| Books for the Teen Age
| Firestarter
| {{won}}
| align="center" | |
| 1995
| Books of the Century
| Carrie
| {{Won|Selected}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=The New York Public Library's Books of the Century|url=https://www.nypl.org/voices/print-publications/books-of-the-century|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The New York Public Library}}] |
| New York Times Book Review
| 2011
| 10 Best Books of 2011
| 11/22/63
| {{won|Selected}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite news|last=St. John|first=Todd|date=November 30, 2011|title=The 10 Best Books of 2011 (Published 2011)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/10-best-books-of-2011.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}] |
| O. Henry Award
| 1996
| Best American Short Story
| "The Man in the Black Suit"
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=The O. Henry Prize - Past Winners List|url=https://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/winners/past.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Random House}}] |
| Online Film & Television Association
| 1997
| Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
| The Shining
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=1st Annual TV Awards (1996-97) - Online Film & Television Association|url=http://www.oftaawards.com/television-awards/1st-annual-tv-awards-1996-97/|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Online Film & Television Association|language=en-US}}] |
| rowspan="2" | Primetime Emmy Award
| 1994
| rowspan="2" | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
| The Stand
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie Nominees / Winners 1994|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994/outstanding-miniseries-or-movie|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The Emmys|language=en}}] |
| 1997
| The Shining
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie Nominees / Winners 1997|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-miniseries-or-movie|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The Emmys|language=en}}] |
| Prix Ozone Award
| 1997
| Best Foreign Novel - Horror
| Desperation
| {{won}}
| align="center" | |
| rowspan="3" | Quill Award
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Sports
| Faithful (co-written with Stewart O'Nan)
| {{won}}
| align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=The Quill Book Awards - 2005|url=http://www.thequills.org/2005.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518093113/http://www.thequills.org/2005.html|archive-date=May 18, 2008|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Quill Award}}] |
| rowspan="2" | Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror
| The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | |
| 2006
| Cell
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="4" | Shirley Jackson Award
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Best Novella
| "N."
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" align="center" | |
| Best Collection
| Just After Sunset
| {{nom}} |
| 2009
| Best Novelette
| "Morality"
| {{won}} |
| 2015
| Single-Author Collection
| The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
| {{Won}} |
| rowspan="6" | Takarajimasha
| 1991
| rowspan="6" | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!
| Misery
| {{won|4th}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991|publisher=JICC Shuppankyoku|isbn=4-7966-0083-3|date=January 1991|language=Japanese}}] |
| 1993
| It
| {{won|4th}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1993|publisher=JICC Shuppankyoku|isbn=4-7966-0523-1|date=January 1993|language=Japanese}}] |
| 1998
| The Green Mile
| {{won|3rd}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1998|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=4-7966-1293-9|date=December 1997|language=Japanese}}] |
| 2002
| The Stand
| {{won|8th}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2002|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=4-7966-2528-3|date=December 2001|language=Japanese}}] |
| 2014
| 11/22/63
| {{won|1st}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2014|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=978-4-8002-2039-4|date=December 2013|language=Japanese}}] |
| 2017
|Mr. Mercedes
| {{won|3rd}}
| align="center" |[{{cite book|title=Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2017|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=978-4-8002-6452-7|date=December 2016|language=Japanese}}] |
| US Magazine
| 1982
| Best Fiction Writer of the Year
| Stephen King
| {{won}}
| align="center" | |
| rowspan="3" | University of Southern California
| 1991
| rowspan="3" | USC Scripter Award
| Misery (shared with screenwriter William Goldman)
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[{{Cite web|title=Stephen King - Awards|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/awards|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=IMDb}}] |
| 1994
| The Shawshank Redemption (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont)
| {{won}} |
| 1999
| The Green Mile (shared with screenwriter Frank Darabont)
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="18" | World Fantasy Award
| 1976
| rowspan="2" | Best Novel
| 'Salem's Lot
| {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="18" align="center" | |
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| The Stand
| {{Nominated}} |
| Best Collection
| Night Shift
| {{nom}} |
| 1981
|Best Novel
| "The Mist"
| {{nom}} |
| 1982
| Best Short Story
| "Do the Dead Sing?"
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| Best Collection
| Different Seasons
| {{nom}} |
| Best Novella
| "The Breathing Method"
| {{nom}} |
| 1984
|Best Novel
| Pet Sematary
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1985
|Best Novel
| The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub)
| {{nom}} |
| Best Novella
| "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"
| {{nom}} |
| 1986
| Best Collection
| Skeleton Crew
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
|Best Novel
| It
| {{nom}} |
| Best Short Story
| "The End of the Whole Mess"
| {{nom}} |
| 1988
|Best Novel
| Misery
| {{nom}} |
| 1995
| Best Short Story
| "The Man in the Black Suit"
| {{won}} |
| 2000
| Best Collection
| Hearts in Atlantis
| {{nom}} |
| 2007
| rowspan="2" |Best Novel
| Lisey's Story
| {{nom}} |
| 2012
| 11/22/63
| {{nom}} |