Clive Barker
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 5
Other Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 52
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2026:
— life achievement — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
2013:
— lifetime achievement — winner
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
1995:
— winner
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
1989:
Cabal (Poseidon)
collection — nomination
1988:
Weaveworld (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon; Collins)
novel — nomination
1987:
“The Hellbound Heart” (Night Visions 3)
novella — nomination
1986:
The Damnation Game (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
novel — nomination
1986:
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI (Sphere)
collection/anthology — nomination
1985:
“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” (Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vol. II)
novella — nomination
1985:
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III (Sphere)
collection/anthology — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
2016:
The Scarlet Gospels (St. Martin's)
novel — nomination
2006:
“Haeckel's Tale” (Dark Delicacies)
short fiction — nomination
2005:
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (HarperCollins)
work for younger readers — winner (tie)
2003:
Abarat (Joanna Cotler Books)
work for younger readers — nomination
1988:
The Damnation Game (Ace/Putnam)
first novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
2006:
— artist — nomination
2005:
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (Voyager)
August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1997:
Sacrament (HarperCollins)
August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1988:
Hellraiser
film — winner
1987:
“The Hellbound Heart” (Night Visions 3)
short story — nomination
1986:
“The Forbidden” (Fantasy Tales #14 Summer 1985; Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vol. V)
short fiction — winner
1985:
“In the Hills, the Cities” (Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vol. I)
short fiction — winner
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination)
2017:
Clive Barker's Nightbreed #3 (by Marc Andreyko, CB & Emmanuel Xerx Javier) (BOOM! Studios)
graphic novel — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(20 nominations)
2012:
Abarat: Absolute Midnight (Harper; HarperCollins UK)
young adult book — 7th place
2008:
— artist — 18th place
2007:
— artist — 15th place
2006:
Visions of Heaven and Hell (Rizzoli)
art book — 2nd place
2006:
— artist — 7th place (tie)
2005:
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (HarperCollins)
young adult book — 5th place
2003:
Abarat (HarperCollins)
young adult novel — 2nd place
2002:
Coldheart Canyon (HarperCollins UK; HarperCollins)
fantasy novel — 14th place
1999:
Galilee (HarperCollins)
dark fantasy/horror novel — 4th place
1997:
Sacrament (HarperCollins)
horror/dark fantasy novel — 2nd place
1995:
Everville (HarperCollins UK & US)
dark fantasy/horror novel — 4th place
1993:
The Thief of Always (HarperCollins)
horror/dark fantasy novel — 3rd place
1992:
Imajica (HarperCollins)
horror/dark fantasy novel — 2nd place
1990:
The Great and Secret Show (Collins; Harper & Row)
horror novel — 3rd place
1989:
“Cabal” (Cabal)
novella — 8th place
1989:
Cabal (Poseidon)
collection — 7th place
1988:
Weaveworld (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon; Collins)
fantasy novel — 4th place
1986:
The Damnation Game (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
fantasy novel — 15th place
1986:
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI (Sphere)
collection — 6th place
1985:
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III (Sphere)
collection — 13th place
— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1998:
Imajica
Translated Novel — winner
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2006:
for Exhibition: Visions of Heaven and Hell (and Then Some), Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
— art — winner
2003:
Abarat (HarperCollins)
graphic narrative — winner
2003:
— art — nomination
2002:
Coldheart Canyon (HarperCollins)
novel — nomination
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1999:
Galilee (HarperCollins)
sf/fantasy — winner (tie)
1997:
Sacrament (HarperCollins)
sf/fantasy — winner
Prix Ozone — for SF/F/H works published in France
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2001:
Galilee
horror novel, foreign — winner
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