| Black Orchid Novella Award | |
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| Location: | New York, New York |
| Country: | United States |
| Presenter: | The Wolfe Pack |
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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.
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]
| 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 | |
| 2021 | Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson | "The Man Who Went Down Under" | July/August 2022 | |
| 2022 | Jacqueline Freimor | "The Case of the Bogus Cinderellas" | July/August 2023 | |
| 2023 | Libby Cudmore | "Alibi in Ice" | July/August 2024 |