| 2022 | Big Dark Hole | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2022 | Big Dark Hole | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Collection | |
| 2021 | The Best of Jeffrey Ford | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2021 | The Best of Jeffrey Ford | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Collection | |
| 2019 | Ahab's Return | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fantasy Novel | |
| 2017 | A Natural History of Hell | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Collection | |
| 2017 | A Natural History of Hell | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2016 | A Natural History of Hell | Shirley Jackson Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Single-Author Collection | |
| 2012 | Crackpot Palace | Shirley Jackson Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Single-Author Collection | |
| 2010 | The Shadow Year | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Drowned Life | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Collection | |
| 2009 | The Shadow Year | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2009 | The Drowned Life | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2009 | The Shadow Year | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fantasy Novel | |
| 2008 | The Shadow Year | Shirley Jackson Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2007 | The Empire of Ice Cream | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2007 | The Empire of Ice Cream | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Collection | |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Glass | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novel | |
| 2006 | Girl in the Glass | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Paperback Original | |
| 2006 | The Empire of Ice Cream | Bram Stoker Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Fiction Collection | |
| 2006 | The Empire of Ice Cream | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy/Horror | |