Black Orchid Novella Award

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.

Black Orchid Novella Award
Date2007 (2007)
LocationNew York, New York
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Wolfe Pack
Websitehttp://www.nerowolfe.org 

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]

  • Each entry must be an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series
  • Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length

Winners[3]
Year Author Title Publication Date
2007 John Gregory Betancourt

"Horse Pit"

 July/August 2008
2008 Michael Nethercott

"O'Nelligan's Glory"

 July/August 2009
2009 Steve Liskow

"The Strangle Hold"

 July/August 2010
2010 Bradley Crowther

"Politics Make Dead Bedfellow"

 July/August 2011
2011 James Lincoln Warren

"Inner Fire"

 July/August 2012
2012 Robert Lopresti

"The Red Envelope"

 July/August 2013
2013 Susan Thibadeau

"The Discarded Spouse"

 July/August 2014
2014 K.B. McAbee

"Dyed to Death"

 July/August 2015
2015 Mark Thielman

"A Meter of Murder"

 July/August 2016
2016 Steve Liskow

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

 July/August 2016
2017 Mark Thielman

"The Black Drop of Venus"

 July/August 2018
2018 Mark Bruce

"Minerva James and the Goddess of Justice"

 July/August 2019
2019 Ted Burge

"The Red Taxi"

 July/August 2020
2020 Tom Larsen

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

 July/August 2021

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.
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