Selected Awards and Honours
- 1990-1994 Squiddy Award for Best Writer; later named Best Writer of the 1990s in the Squiddy Awards for the decade
- 1991 World Fantasy Award for short fiction for the Sandman issue, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", by Gaiman and Charles Vess
- 1991 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel runner-up for Good Omens by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- From 1991 to 2009, Gaiman has won 19 Eisner Awards for his comics work.
- 1991-1993 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer
- 1997–2000 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer nominations
- 1991 Favourite Comic Book Story for The Sandman
- 1994 Favourite Comic Book Story for The Sandman
- 1997 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Defender of Liberty award
- 1999 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel runner-up for Stardust
- 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for the illustrated version of Stardust
- 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
- 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for American Gods
- 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel for American Gods
- 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel for American Gods
- 2002 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for American Gods
- 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella for Coraline
- 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella for Coraline
- 2003 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book for Coraline
- 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers for Coraline
- 2003 British Science Fiction Association Award, short fiction, for Coraline
- 2004 Hugo Award for the story A Study in Emerald (in a ceremony the author presided over himself, having volunteered for the job before his story was nominated)
- 2004 Locus Award, novelette, for "A Study in Emerald"
- 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: Endless Nights
- 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario for The Sandman: Season of Mists
- 2005 The William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie, nomination for MirrorMask The other nominated films were Green Street Hooligans, Nine Lives, Up for Grabs and Opie Gets Laid.
- 2005 Quill Book Award for Graphic Novels for Marvel 1602
- 2005 Locus Award, short story, for "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire"
- 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Anansi Boys
- 2006 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Anansi Boys
- 2006 Locus Award, fantasy novel, for Anansi Boys. The book was also nominated for a Hugo Award, but Gaiman asked for it to be withdrawn from the list, stating that he wanted to give other writers a chance and that it was really more fantasy than science fiction.
- 2006 Locus Award, short story, for "Sunbird"
- 2007 Locus Award, short story, for "How to Talk to Girls at Parties"
- 2007 Locus Award, collection, for Fragile Things
- 2007 British Fantasy Award, collection, for Fragile Things
- 2007 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
- 2007 Comic-Con Icon award presented with the at the Scream Awards.
- 2009 Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book
- 2009 Audies: Children's 8–12 and Audiobook of the year for the audio version of The Graveyard Book.
- 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel shortlist for The Graveyard Book
- 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Graveyard Book presented at the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal where he was also the Professional Guest of Honor.
- 2009 Locus Award, young-adult novel, for The Graveyard Book
- 2009 The Booktrust Teenage Prize for The Graveyard Book
- 2010 Gaiman was selected as the Honorary Chair of National Library Week by the American Library Association.
- 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature for The Graveyard Book.
- 2010 Locus Award, short story, for An Invocation of Incuriosity, published in Songs of the Dying Earth
- 2010 British Fantasy Award, comic/graphic novel, Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, by Gaiman and Andy Kubert
- 2011 Locus Award, short story, for The Thing About Cassandra, published in Songs of Love and Death
- 2011 Locus Award, novelette, for The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains, published in Stories
- 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for "The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains"
- 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow)
- 2011 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (with Richard Clark) for The Doctor's Wife
- 2012 Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia)
- 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for "The Doctor's Wife"
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