Prizes and awards

• 2007 International Winner, US Maritime Literature Awards for The Plimsoll Sensation
• 2006 Mountbatten Maritime Prize for The Plimsoll Sensation
• 2003 Blooming Books nominated for British Book Awards Illustrated Book of the Year
• 1989 Runner-up for the Catherine Pakenham Award for the outstanding woman journalist under the age of thirty

Academic awards

• Henry Fellowship, Yale University (taken up)
• Frank Knox Fellowship, Harvard University
• Thouron Award, University of Pennsylvania
• Violet Vaughan Morgan Prize for English Literature (Oxford University)
• Agnes Leys Scholarship (St Hilda's College)

Civic awards

Nicolette Jones also had a hand in encouraging the efforts that earned these awards:

• 2009 Islington Mayor's Civic Award for the Neighbours of the Blackstock Road Triangle
• 2009 Islington in Bloom 3rd prize in the Best Street or Part of Street category (and Silver Award) for part of Plimsoll Road
• 2009 Islington in Bloom Special Award for Community Participation for Plimsoll Road and Ambler Road