Black Orchid Novella Award
Black Orchid Novella Award | |
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Date | 2007 (2007) |
Location | New York, New York |
Country | United States |
Presented by | The Wolfe Pack |
Website | http://www.nerowolfe.org ![]() |
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]
- Each entry must be an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series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
Year | Author | Title | Publication Date |
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2007 | John Gregory Betancourt |
| July/August 2008 |
2008 | Michael Nethercott |
| July/August 2009 |
2009 | Steve Liskow |
| July/August 2010 |
2010 | Bradley Crowther |
| July/August 2011 |
2011 | James Lincoln Warren |
| July/August 2012 |
2012 | Robert Lopresti |
| July/August 2013 |
2013 | Susan Thibadeau |
| July/August 2014 |
2014 | K.B. McAbee |
| July/August 2015 |
2015 | Mark Thielman |
| July/August 2016 |
2016 | Steve Liskow |
| July/August 2016 |
2017 | Mark Thielman |
| July/August 2018 |
2018 | Mark Bruce |
| July/August 2019 |
2019 | Ted Burge |
| July/August 2020 |
2020 | Tom Larsen |
| July/August 2021 |
2021 | Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson |
| July/August 2022 |
2022 | Jacqueline Freimor |
| July/August 2023 |
2023 | Libby Cudmore |
| July/August 2024 |
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References
- ^ "The Black Orchid Novella Award—Celebrating the Novella Format". The Wolfe Pack. The Wolfe Pack. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Wolfe Pack -- Black Orchid Novella Award Contest Guidelines, Procedures, and FAQs". www.nerowolfe.org. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ^ "The Black Orchid Novella Award—Award Recipients". The Wolfe Pack. The Wolfe Pack. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
External links
- Official website
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- Rex Stout
- Nero Wolfe
- Archie Goodwin
- Nero Wolfe supporting characters
- Fer-de-Lance (1934)
- The League of Frightened Men (1935)
- The Rubber Band (1936)
- The Red Box (1937)
- Too Many Cooks (1938)
- Some Buried Caesar (1939)
- Over My Dead Body (1940)
- Where There's a Will (1940)
- The Silent Speaker (1946)
- Too Many Women (1947)
- And Be a Villain (1948)
- The Second Confession (1949)
- In the Best Families (1950)
- Murder by the Book (1951)
- Prisoner's Base (1952)
- The Golden Spiders (1953)
- The Black Mountain (1954)
- Before Midnight (1955)
- Might as Well Be Dead (1956)
- If Death Ever Slept (1957)
- Champagne for One (1958)
- Plot It Yourself (1959)
- Too Many Clients (1960)
- The Final Deduction (1961)
- Gambit (1962)
- The Mother Hunt (1963)
- A Right to Die (1964)
- The Doorbell Rang (1965)
- Death of a Doxy (1966)
- The Father Hunt (1968)
- Death of a Dude (1969)
- Please Pass the Guilt (1973)
- A Family Affair (1975)
short stories
- "Bitter End" (1940)
- "Black Orchids" (1941)
- "Cordially Invited to Meet Death" (1942)
- "Not Quite Dead Enough" (1942)
- "Booby Trap" (1944)
- "Help Wanted, Male" (1945)
- "Instead of Evidence" (1946)
- "Before I Die" (1947)
- "Man Alive" (1947)
- "Bullet for One" (1948)
- "Omit Flowers" (1948)
- "Door to Death" (1949)
- "The Gun with Wings" (1949)
- "Disguise for Murder" (1950)
- "The Cop-Killer" (1951)
- "The Squirt and the Monkey" (1951)
- "Home to Roost" (1952)
- "This Won't Kill You" (1952)
- "Invitation to Murder" (1953)
- "The Zero Clue" (1953)
- "When a Man Murders" (1954)
- "Die Like a Dog" (1954)
- "The Next Witness" (1955)
- "Immune to Murder" (1955)
- "A Window for Death" (1956)
- "Too Many Detectives" (1956)
- "Christmas Party" (1957)
- "Easter Parade" (1957)
- "Fourth of July Picnic" (1957)
- "Murder Is No Joke" (1958), expanded as "Frame-Up for Murder" (1958)
- "Method Three for Murder" (1960)
- "Poison à la Carte" (1960)
- "The Rodeo Murder" (1960)
- "Counterfeit for Murder" (1961)
- "Death of a Demon" (1961)
- "Kill Now—Pay Later" (1961)
- "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo" (1962)
- "Blood Will Tell" (1963)
- "Murder Is Corny" (1964)
- "Assault on a Brownstone" (1985, posthumously published early draft of "Counterfeit for Murder")
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Robert Goldsborough
- Murder in E Minor (1986)
- Death on Deadline (1987)
- Fade to Black (1990)
- Black Orchid Novella Award
- Nero Award
- The Wolfe Pack