Peter Straub
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 13
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 69
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2010:
life achievement — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
2006:
lifetime achievement — winner
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
1997:
winner
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(12 nominations; 4 wins)
2010:
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now (Library of America)
— anthology — winner
2003:
Conjunctions: 39: The New Wave Fabulists (Bard College)
— anthology — nomination
2001:
Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House)
— collection — nomination
1999:
“Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff ” (Murder for Revenge)
— novella — nomination
1995:
“Fee ” (Borderlands 4)
— novella — nomination
1994:
The Throat (Dutton; Borderlands Press)
— novel — nomination
1993:
“The Ghost Village ” (MetaHorror)
— novella — winner
1991:
Houses Without Doors (Grafton; Dutton)
— collection — nomination
1989:
Koko (Dutton; Viking UK)
— novel — winner
1985:
The Talisman (by Stephen King & PS) (Viking)
— novel — nomination
1981:
Shadow Land (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan)
— novel — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(14 nominations; 10 wins)
2012:
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine (Conjunctions 56; Terra Incognita)
— long fiction — winner
2011:
A Dark Matter (Doubleday)
— novel — winner
2008:
5 Stories (Borderlands)
— collection — winner (tie)
2005:
In the Night Room (Random House)
— novel — winner
2004:
lost boy lost girl (Random House)
— novel — winner
2002:
Black House (by Stephen King & PS) (Random House)
— novel — nomination
2001:
Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House)
— fiction collection — winner
2000:
Mr. X (Random House)
— novel — winner
1999:
“Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff ” (Murder For Revenge)
— long fiction — winner
1997:
The Hellfire Club (Random House)
— novel — nomination
1994:
The Throat (Dutton)
— novel — winner
1991:
Houses Without Doors (Dutton)
— collection — nomination
1989:
“The Juniper Tree ” (Prime Evil)
— novelette — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
lost boy lost girl (HarperCollins UK)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2002:
Magic Terror: Seven Tales (HarperCollins)
— collection — nomination
2001:
Mr. X (HarperCollins)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1997:
The Hellfire Club (Random House; HarperCollins)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1984:
Floating Dragon
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — for SF/F that explores and expands the roles of women and men, juried
(1 nomination)
2003:
Conjunctions: 39: The New Wave Fabulists (Bard College)
— short list
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(2 nominations)
2012:
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine (Conjunctions 56)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
A Dark Matter (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(23 nominations)
2012:
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine (Conjunctions #56; Terra Incognita)
— novella — 6th place
2011:
A Dark Matter (Doubleday; Orion)
— fantasy novel — 10th place
2011:
The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories (Subterranean)
— collection — 24th place
2010:
A Special Place (Borderlands Press)
— novella — 9th place
2010:
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now (Library of America)
— anthology — 17th place
2009:
Poe's Children: The New Horror (Doubleday)
— anthology — 17th place
2008:
Sides (Cemetery Dance)
— non-fiction — 6th place
2005:
In the Night Room (Random House)
— fantasy novel — 11th place
2005:
“Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle” (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)
— novelette — 24th place
2004:
lost boy lost girl (Random House)
— fantasy novel — 8th place
2003:
“Little Red's Tango” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists)
— novelette — 19th place
2003:
Conjunctions: 39: The New Wave Fabulists (Bard College)
— anthology — 6th place
2002:
Black House (by Stephen King & PS) (Random House)
— fantasy novel — 7th place
2001:
Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House)
— collection — 20th place
2000:
Mr. X (Random House)
— fantasy novel — 8th place
1996:
Peter Straub's Ghosts (Pocket Star)
— anthology — 18th place
1992:
Mrs. God (Grant)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — 9th place
1991:
Houses Without Doors (Dutton)
— collection — 15th place
1990:
Mystery (Dutton)
— horror novel — 9th place
1989:
Koko (Dutton)
— horror novel — 4th place
1985:
The Talisman (by Stephen King & PS) (Viking)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1984:
Floating Dragon (Putnam)
— fantasy novel — 19th place
1981:
Shadow Land (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
1983:
“The General's Wife” (Twilight Zone May 1982)
— short fiction — nomination
1981:
Shadow Land (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan)
— novel — nomination
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
2008:
Sides (Borderlands Press)
— nonfiction — nomination
2005:
In the Night Room (Random House; HarperCollins UK)
— novel — nomination
2004:
lost boy lost girl (Random House)
— novel — winner
2002:
Black House (by Stephen King & PS) (Random House)
— novel — nomination
2001:
Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House)
— collection — nomination
2000:
Mr. X (Random House)
— novel — nomination
1999:
“Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff ” (Murder for Revenge)
— long fiction — winner
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2003:
Black House (by Stephen King & PS)
— foreign novel — winner
— As Judge —
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