Bram Stoker Awards |
| year | category | title | award |
| 1987 | Best Novel | Misery | Winner (Tie) |
| 1988 | Long Fiction | The Night Flier | Nominated |
| 1990 | Long Fiction | The Langoliers | Nominated |
| Fiction Collection | Four Past Midnight | Winner |
| 1991 | Novel | Needful Things | Nominated |
| | Dark Tower III | Nominated |
| 1993 | Fiction Collection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Nominated |
| 1994 | Novel | Insomnia | Nominated |
| 1995 | Long Fiction | Lunch at the Gotham Café | Winner |
| 1996 | Novel | The Green Mile | Winner |
| 1997 | Long Fiction | Everything’s Eventual | Nominated |
| 1998 | Novel | Bag of Bones | Winner |
| Short Fiction | Autopsy Room Four | Nominated |
| 1999 | Novel | Low Men in Yellow Coats | Nominated |
| Fiction Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominated |
| 2000 | Long Fiction | Riding the Bullet | Nominated |
| Nonfiction | On Writing | Winner |
| 2001 | Novel | Black House | Nominated |
| 2002 | Novel | From A Buick 8 | Nominated |
| 2003 | Fiction Collection | Everything’s Eventual | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Nouvel | Under the Dome | Winner |
| 2009 | Best Collection | Duma Key | Winner |
Horror Guild |
| 1997 | Novel | Desperation | Winner |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | On Writing | Winner |
| Long Story | Riding the Bullet | Winner |
| 2002 | Novel | Black House | Winner |
| 2003 | Novel | From A Buick 8 | Winner |
| Collection | Everything’s Eventual | Winner |
Horror Writers Association |
| 2003 | Lifetime Achievement Award | | Winner |
Hugo Awards |
| 1982 | Non-Fiction | Danse Macabre | Winner |
Locus Awards |
| 1982 | Non-Fiction | Danse Macabre | Winner |
| 1986 | Collection | Skeleton Crew | Winner |
| 1997 | Novel | Desperation | Winner |
| 1999 | Novel | Bag of Bones | Winner |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | On Writing | Winner |
National Book Foundation |
| 2003 | Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | Recipient |
Nebula |
| 1980 | Novellette | The Way Station | Nominee |
O. Henry Award |
| 1996 | | The Man in the Black Suit | Winner |
World Fantasy Awards |
| 1976 | Novel | ‘Salem’s Lot | Nominee |
| 1979 | Collection/ Anthology | Night Shift | Nominee |
| Novel | The Stand | Nominee |
| 1981 | Novel | The Mist | Nominee |
| 1982 | Short Fiction | Do the Dead Sing? | Winner |
| 1983 | Collection/ Anthology | Different Seasons | Nominee |
| Novella | The Breathing Method | Nominee |
| 1984 | Novel | Pet Sematary | Nominee |
| 1985 | Novel | The Talisman | Nominee |
| Novella | The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet | Nominee |
| 1986 | Collection/ Anthology | Skeleton Crew | Nominee |
| 1987 | Novel | IT | Nominee |
| Short Fiction | The End of the Whole Mess | Nominee |
| 1988 | Novel | Misery | Nominee |
| 1995 | Short Fiction | The Man in the Black Suit | Winner |
| 2000 | Collection | Hearts in Atlantis | Nominee |
| 2004 | Collection | Lifetime Achievement Award | Winner |