 | British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel ("The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"), 1979 |
| | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, 1979 |
| | Balrog Fantasy Award for Best Novel (The Wounded Land), 1981 |
| | Balrog Fantasy Award for Best Novel (The One Tree), 1983 |
| | Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Novel (The One Tree), 1983 |
| | Balrog Fantasy Award for Best Collection (Daughter of Regals and Other Tales), 1985 |
| | Science Fiction Book Club Award for Best Book of the Year (The Mirror of Her Dreams), 1988 |
| | Science Fiction Book Club Award for Best Book of the Year (A Man Rides Through), 1989 |
| | The College of Wooster Distinguished Alumni Award, 1989 |
| | Julia Verlanger Award (France) for The Mirror of Her Dreams, 1990 |
| | WIN/WIN Popular Fiction Readers Choice Award for Favorite Fantasy Author, 1991 |
| | Atlanta Fantasy Fair Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1992 |
| | LittD (honorary), The College of Wooster, 1993 |
| | Shodan, Anshin Personal Defense, 1994 |
| | President's Award, The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 1997 |
| | Nidan, Anshin Personal Defense, 2000 |
| | World Fantasy Award for Reave the Just and Other Tales, 2000 |
| | Sandan, New Mexico Shotokan, 2003 |
| | LittD (honorary), The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 2009 |
| (Click here to read the "laureation" address.) |