Dean Koontz
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 19
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
1996:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
1971:
“Beastchild ” (Venture Aug 1970)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
1989:
for writing
— special award, professional — nomination
1988:
for service to the field
— special award, professional — nomination
1987:
Strangers (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(5 nominations)
2005:
Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin (HarperCollins)
— work for younger readers — nomination
1999:
Fear Nothing (Bantam)
— novel — nomination
1996:
Strange Highways (Warner)
— collection — nomination
1993:
Hideaway (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1990:
Midnight (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
1987:
Strangers (Putnam)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
1996:
Strange Highways (Headline; Warner)
— collection — 9th place
1994:
Mr. Murder (Headline; Putnam)
— horror novel — 4th place
1991:
The Bad Place (Berkley)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — 9th place
1990:
Midnight (Putnam)
— horror novel — 5th place
1989:
Oddkins (Warner)
— novella — 14th place
1971:
Beastchild (Lancer)
— novel — 11th place
1971:
“Beastchild ” (Venture Aug 1970)
— short fiction — 4th place
— Other Awards —
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
1995:
Dark Rivers of the Heart
— novel — nomination
— As Judge —
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