Joyland has been nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Paperback Original category:
- The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Almost Criminal by E. R. Brown (Dundurn)
- Joe Victim by Paul Cleave (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
- Joyland by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime)
- The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood (Penguin Group USA - Penguin Books)
- Brilliance by Marcus Sakey(Amazon Publishing – Thomas and Mercer)