| 2009 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection | Just After Sunset |
| 2008 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel | Duma Key |
| 2007 | Edgar Grand Master Award | |
| 2006 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel | Lisey's Story |
| 2005 | August Derleth Award | The Dark Tower |
| 2004 | World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement | |
| 2003 | Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | |
| 2002 | Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement | |
| 1999 | August Derleth Award | Bag of Bones |
| 1998 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel | Bag of Bones |
| 1996 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel | The Green Mile |
| 1995 | World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction | The Man in the Black Suit |
| 1992 | World Horror Convention Grand Master Award | |
| 1987 | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel | Misery |
| 1987 | August Derleth Award | It |
| 1982 | August Derleth Award | Cujo |
| 1982 | Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book | Danse Macabre |
| 1982 | World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction | Do the Dead Sing? |
| 1980 | World Fantasy Convention Award | |