• Robert McCammon received the 2009 Phoenix Award from DeepSouthCon on June 6, 2009. The Phoenix Award is a lifetime achievement award for a science fiction or fantasy professional with connections to the South.

• Robert McCammon received the 2008 Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention on March 29, 2008.

• The Queen of Bedlam was nominated for the 2008 Thriller Award in the Best Paperback Original category. The Thriller Awards are given out by the International Thriller Writers.

• 2004 Alabama Library Association's Alabama Author Award for Speaks the Nightbird.

• Independent Publisher Book Award for 2003 in the "Historical/Military Fiction" category with Speaks the Nightbird.

• Finalist for the historical fiction book of the year (2002) from ForeWord Magazine.

• Speaks the Nightbird was awarded the 2003 Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Award (the SESFA) for Best Novel of 2002.

• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2001-2002 Nominee for Boy's Life

1987

• Novel: Swan Song (Winner) (tie with Stephen King's Misery)
• Short story: "The Deep End" (Winner)

• Novel: Stinger (Nominated)

• Novel: The Wolf's Hour (Nominated)
• Short story: "Eat Me" (Winner)
• Collections: Blue World (Nominated)

• Novel: MINE (Winner)

• Novel: Boy's Life (Winner)

1985

• Best Short Story: "Nightcrawlers" (Nominated)

• Best Novel: Swan Song (Nominated)
• Best Novella: "Best Friends" (Nominated)

• Best Collection: Blue World (Nominated)

• Best Novel: Boy's Life (Winner)

• 1985 Alabama Library Association's Alabama Author Award for Usher's Passing.

• Locus magazine conducts a reader's poll every year. The following McCammon novels have been nominated in the Locus Poll Awards:
  • 1988 - Swan Song (#15 Best Fantasy Novel)
  • 1989 - Stinger (#5 Best Horror Novel)
  • 1990 - The Wolf's Hour (#6 Best Horror Novel)
  • 1990 - Blue World (#16 Best Collection)
  • 1992 - Boy's Life (#11 Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel)

• 1992 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Award, domaine étranger (best foreign novel) for L'heure du loup (The Wolf's Hour). The Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire is the historical and most important science-fiction and fantasy literary prize in France.