Black Orchid Novella Award

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Black Orchid Novella Award
Date2007 (2007)
Location New York, New York
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Wolfe Pack
Website http://www.nerowolfe.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Black Orchid Novella Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, the official Nero Wolfe Society which was founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the stories of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout.

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The award is presented annually at the Wolfe Pack's Annual Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. The award was announced in 2006 and was actually given out for the first time in 2007. [1]

To qualify: [2]

Winners

YearAuthorTitlePublication Date
2007 John Gregory Betancourt

"Horse Pit"

July/August 2008
2008Michael Nethercott

"O'Nelligan's Glory"

July/August 2009
2009Steve Liskow

"The Strangle Hold"

July/August 2010
2010Bradley Crowther

"Politics Make Dead Bedfellow"

July/August 2011
2011James Lincoln Warren

"Inner Fire"

July/August 2012
2012Robert Lopresti

"The Red Envelope"

July/August 2013
2013Susan Thibadeau

"The Discarded Spouse"

July/August 2014
2014K.B. McAbee

"Dyed to Death"

July/August 2015
2015Mark Thielman

"A Meter of Murder"

July/August 2016
2016Steve Liskow

"Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma"

July/August 2016
2017Mark Thielman

"The Black Drop of Venus"

July/August 2018
2018Mark Bruce

"Minerva James and the Goddess of Justice"

July/August 2019
2019Ted Burge

"The Red Taxi"

July/August 2020
2020Tom Larsen

"El Cuerpo en el Barril" ("The Body in the Barrel")

July/August 2021
2021Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

"The Man Who Went Down Under"

July/August 2022
2022Jacqueline Freimor

"The Case of the Bogus Cinderellas"

July/August 2023
2023Libby Cudmore

"Alibi in Ice"

July/August 2024

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References

  1. "The Black Orchid Novella Award—Celebrating the Novella Format". The Wolfe Pack. The Wolfe Pack. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. "Wolfe Pack -- Black Orchid Novella Award Contest Guidelines, Procedures, and FAQs". www.nerowolfe.org. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  3. "The Black Orchid Novella Award—Award Recipients". The Wolfe Pack. The Wolfe Pack. Retrieved 27 September 2015.