Ramsey Campbell
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 18
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 88
Times Served as Judge: 7
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2015:
life achievement — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
1999:
life achievement — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
2024:
Karl Edward Wagner Award for Special Achievement — winner
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
1999:
winner
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(15 nominations; 5 wins)
2004:
Gathering the Bones (Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & RC, eds.) (HarperCollins Voyager Australia; Voyager UK; Tor)
— anthology — nomination
1994:
Alone With the Horrors (Arkham House)
— collection — winner
1992:
for writing and editing
— special award, professional — nomination
1991:
Best New Horror (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — winner
1988:
Scared Stiff, Tales of Sex and Death (Scream/Press)
— collection — nomination
1982:
The Nameless (Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
1981:
New Terrors 1 (Pan)
— anthology/collection — nomination
1980:
“Mackintosh Willy” (Shadows 2)
— short story — winner (tie)
1978:
“The Chimney” (Whispers)
— short fiction — winner
1978:
“Loveman's Comeback” (More Devil's Kisses)
— short fiction — nomination
1977:
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Bobbs-Merrill)
— novel — nomination
1977:
“The Companion” (Frights)
— short fiction — nomination
1977:
The Height of the Scream (Arkham House)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1977:
Superhorror (St. Martin's)
— collection/anthology — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
2004:
Told by the Dead (PS Publishing)
— fiction collection — nomination
2004:
Gathering the Bones (Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & RC, eds.) (HarperCollins Voyager Australia; Tor)
— anthology — nomination
2003:
Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies (PS Publishing)
— nonfiction — winner
2001:
Silent Children (Tor/Forge)
— novel — nomination
2000:
“The Entertainment” (999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense)
— short fiction — nomination
1998:
“The Word” (Revelations)
— long fiction/novelette — nomination
1994:
Alone With the Horrors (Arkham House)
— collection — winner
1992:
Waking Nightmares (Tor)
— collection — nomination
1988:
Scared Stiff, Tales of Sex and Death (Scream/Press)
— collection — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(35 nominations; 13 wins)
2019:
The Way of the Worm (PS Publishing)
— horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2017:
The Searching Dead (PS Publishing)
— horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2014:
Holes for Faces (Dark Regions Press)
— collection — nomination
2013:
The Kind Folk (PS Publishing)
— horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2010:
Just Behind You (PS Publishing)
— collection — nomination
2009:
Thieving Fear (PS Publishing)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2008:
The Grin of the Dark (PS Publishing)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
2008:
“Digging Deep” (Phobic: Modern Horror Stories)
— short fiction — nomination
2006:
Secret Stories (PS Publishing)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2006:
“Just Behind You” (Poe's Progeny)
— short fiction — nomination
2004:
Told by the Dead (PS Publishing)
— collection — winner
2004:
“Fear the Dead” (The Fear Within)
— short fiction — nomination
2003:
The Darkest Part of the Woods (PS Publishing)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2003:
Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies (PS Publishing)
— collection — winner
2001:
Silent Children (Tor/Forge)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2001:
“No Story in It” (Dark Terrors 5)
— short fiction — nomination
2000:
“The Entertainment” (999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense)
— short fiction — nomination
1999:
Ghosts and Grisly Things (Pumpkin Books)
— collection — winner
1999:
“Nevere to be Heard” (Dark Terrors 4)
— short fiction — nomination
1998:
The House on Nazareth Hill
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1998:
“The Word” (Millennium)
— short story — nomination
1994:
The Long Lost (Headline)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1992:
The Count of Eleven
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1991:
Midnight Sun
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1991:
Best New Horror (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Robinson)
— anthology/collection — winner
1989:
The Influence
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1988:
The Hungry Moon
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1987:
“The Other Side” (World Fantasy Con Programme Book)
— short story — nomination
1985:
Incarnate (Macmillan)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1982:
The Nameless (Macmillan)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1982:
“Through the Walls” (British Fantasy Society Booklet #5)
— short story — nomination
1981:
To Wake the Dead (Millington)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1979:
“The Changer of Names” (Swords Against Darkness II)
— short story — nomination
1978:
In the Bag (Cold Fear)
— short story — winner
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
The Last Revelation of Gla'aki (PS Publishing)
— novella — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(10 nominations)
2004:
Gathering the Bones (Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & RC, eds.) (HarperCollins Voyager Australia; Tor)
— anthology — 14th place
1995:
Best New Horror 5 (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — 16th place
1994:
Alone With the Horrors (Arkham House)
— collection — 19th place
1994:
Best New Horror 4 (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — 15th place
1993:
Best New Horror 3 (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — 16th place
1991:
Best New Horror (Stephen Jones & RC, eds.) (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — 19th place
1990:
Ancient Images (Hodder & Stoughton; Scribners)
— horror novel — 7th place
1989:
The Influence (Macmillan)
— horror novel — 8th place
1988:
Scared Stiff, Tales of Sex and Death (Scream/Press)
— collection — 18th place
1987:
The Hungry Moon (Macmillan)
— fantasy novel — 24th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(3 nominations)
1981:
The Parasite (Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
1981:
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Arkham House)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1981:
New Terrors 1 (Pan)
— collection/anthology — nomination
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(13 nominations; 4 wins)
2008:
The Grin of the Dark (PS Publishing)
— novel — nomination
2008:
“Digging Deep” (Phobic: Modern Horror Stories)
— short fiction — nomination
2005:
The Overnight (PS Publishing)
— novel — winner
2004:
Told by the Dead (PS Publishing)
— collection — nomination
2004:
Gathering the Bones (Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & RC, eds.) (HarperCollins Voyager Australia; Tor)
— anthology — nomination
2003:
The Darkest Part of the Woods (PS Publishing)
— novel — nomination
2003:
Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies (PS Publishing)
— nonfiction — winner
2002:
“Worse Than Bones” (The Museum of Horrors)
— short fiction — nomination
2002:
Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M.R. James (British Library Publishing)
— anthology — nomination
2001:
Silent Children (Tor/Forge)
— novel — nomination
2001:
“No Story in It” (Dark Terrors 5)
— short story — nomination
1998:
Nazareth Hill (Forge)
— novel — winner
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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