Eugen Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction.
She has won or been nominated for national and international awards, including the Philip K Dick Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, World Fantasy Award, British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award, [1] Bridport Prize, [2] Australian Shadows Awards, [3] Ditmar Awards, [4] British Fantasy Award, [1] and Nommo Award for Speculative Fiction by Africans. [5] She also writes nonfiction. [6] She is a professional editor registered with the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), [7] and has been a judge in various competitions including the Aurealis Awards, [8] Norma K Hemming Awards [9] and Australian Shadows Awards. [10]
She was born Eugen Matoyo in Tanzania, [11] [12] and she speaks English and Swahili. [13] She lived in the UK before moving to Melbourne, Australia. [13] [14]
Eugen Bacon has a Master of Science with distinction in distributed computer systems from the University of Greenwich, UK. [15] She also holds a Master of Arts in creative writing and a doctorate in writing, both from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. She worked in ICT in a service provider role before becoming a writer. [16]
She has published short fiction and novels in various genres within the literary speculative fiction field, including black speculative fiction and afrofuturism. She also writes nonfiction including essays, scholarly articles, book chapters and books. [17] [18]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Human Beans | 2022 | Bacon, Eugen (September 2022). Life Beyond Us. European Astrobiology Institute. | ||
The Devil Don't Come With Horns | 2022 | Bacon, Eugen (July 2022). Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology. Mariner | ||
Naked Earth | 2022 | Bacon, Eugen (March 2022). Phase Change: Imagining Energy Futures. Twelfth Planet Press | ||
The Failing Name | 2021 | Bacon, Eugen & Seb Doubinsky (August 2021). "The failing name". Fantasy Magazine. 70. | ||
When the Water Stops | 2021 | Bacon, Eugen (May 2021). Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | ||
A Visit in Whitechapel | 2021 | Bacon, Eugen (October 2021), London Centric: Tales of Future London , NewCon Press | ||
Baba Klep | 2021 | Bacon, Eugen (September 2021), The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction , Jembefola | ||
Unlimited Data | 2021 | Bacon, Eugen (February 2021), Cyberfunk! , MV Media |
Year | Organisation | Category | Work | Result | Reference |
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2024 | Philip K. Dick Award | Fiction | Danged Black Thing | Nominee | |
2024 | Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Fiction | Serengotti | Shortlist | |
2023 | British Fantasy Awards | Non-Fiction | An Earnest Blackness | Winner | |
2023 | Otherwise Award | Otherwise Award | Danged Black Thing | Honor List | |
2024 | Foreword Indies Awards | Literary | Serengotti | Finalist | |
2024 | Foreword Indies Awards | Science Fiction | Secondhand Daylight | Finalist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Shorter Fiction | Broken Paradise | Shortlist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Short Non Fiction | 'Dominant Themes in Afro-Centric Fiction' | Shortlist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Artwork | Danged Black Thing | Shortlist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Short Fiction | 'Sina, The Child With No Echo' | Longlist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Short Fiction | 'Paperweight ' | Longlist | |
2024 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Collection | Languages of Water | Longlist | |
2023 | Foreword Indies Awards | Science Fiction | Mage of Fools | Winner - Silver | |
2023 | Foreword Indies Awards | Short Story | Chasing Whispers | Finalist | |
2023 | World Fantasy Award | Short Story | 'The Devil Don't Come With Horns' | Finalist | |
2023 | Locus Award | Non-Fiction | An Earnest Blackness | Finalist | |
2023 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Novel | Mage of Fools | Longlist | |
2023 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Non-fiction | An Earnest Blackness | Longlist | |
2023 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Artwork | Mage of Fools | Longlist | |
2023 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Artwork | Chasing Whispers | Longlist | |
2022 | World Fantasy Award | Short Story | 'The Failing Name' | Finalist | |
2022 | Otherwise Award | Otherwise Fellowships | N/A | Honor list | |
2022 | Aurealis Award | Aurealis Awards | Danged Black Thing | Finalist | |
2022 | Foreword Indies Awards | Best Collection | Danged Black Thing | Honorable Mention | |
2022 | Australian Horror Writers Association | Australian Shadows Awards: Collected Works | Danged Black Thing | Finalist | |
2022 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Artwork (Peter Lo/Kara Walker) | Danged Black Thing | Short-Listed | |
2022 | Rhysling Award | Short Poem | 'Tons of Liquid Oxygen Buckle Too Late Under Strain' in Saving Shadows | Nominee | |
2022 | Elgin Awards | Full-length Books | Saving Shadows | Nominee | |
2022 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Best Artwork (Elena Betti) | Saving Shadows | Short-Listed | |
2022 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Short Story | The Failing Name | Long-Listed | Archived 27 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
2022 | Locus Magazine | Recommended Reading Novels - Science Fiction | Mage of Fools | 2022 Recommended Reading List | |
2022 | Locus Magazine | Recommended Reading Collection | Chasing Whispers | 2022 Recommended Reading List | |
2022 | Locus Magazine | Recommended Reading Non-fiction | An Earnest Blackness | 2022 Recommended Reading List | |
2021 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Novella | Ivory's Story | Long-Listed | [54] |
2021 | Australian Horror Writers Association | Australian Shadows Awards: Edited works | Hadithi & The State of Black Speculative Fiction | Finalist | |
2021 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Short Story | 'The Road to Woop Woop' 'A Visit in Whitechapel' 'Still She Visits' 'The One Who Sees' | Long-Listed | [54] |
2020 | Foreword Indies Awards | Short Story | The Road to Woop Woop & Other Stories | Finalist | [55] |
2020 | British Science Fiction Association Awards | Novella | Ivory's Story | Short-Listed | [1] |
2020 | Locus Magazine | Recommended Reading Collection | The Road to Woop Woop & Other Stories | 2020 Recommended Reading List | [56] |
2020 | Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers Centre Residency Programme | Emerging Writer-in-Residence | N/A | Awarded | [57] |
2020 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Novel | Claiming T-Mo | Long-Listed | [5] |
2020 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Short Story | A Pining | Long-Listed | [5] |
2020 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Short Story | The Day Chivalry Died | Long-Listed | [5] |
2020 | African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) | Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans – Short Story | A Good Ball | Long-Listed | [5] |
2019 | Australasian Horror Writers Association | The Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism | Chapter 8 of Writing Speculative Fiction | Finalist | [3] |
2019 | Australian Science Fiction Foundation | Ditmar Awards - Novel | Claiming T-Mo | Finalist | [4] |
2019 | Australian Science Fiction Foundation | Ditmar Awards – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review | Writing Speculative Fiction | Finalist | [4] |
2018 | Bridport Prize | Short Story | A Pining | Shortlisted | |
2017 | Copyright Agency | Best prose | Honey Gone Sour | Winner | [58] |
2017 | L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest | Short Story | A Case of Seeing | Honourable Mention | |
2016 | Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Literary Awards | Microfiction Award | Mahuika | Highly Commended | |
2016 | Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Literary Awards | Angelo B. Natoli Short Story Award | Jungolo | Commended | |
2016 | Alan Marshall Short Story Award | Short Story | Swimming with Daddy | Shortlisted | |
2014 | Lightship International Short Story Prize | Short Story | A Puzzle Piece | Shortlisted | |
2013 | Fish Short Story Prize | Short Story | Unusual Suspects | Longlisted | |
2012 | Lightship International Short Story Prize | Short Story | Rozaria's Memories | Longlisted | |
2006 | Pushcart Prize | Short Story | The Hybrid | Nominated | |
2005 | Tarralla Writers Group | Short Story | The Boy in the Gleam | Shortlisted | |
2004 | Writers Bureau Short Story Prize | Short Story | Morning Dew | Awarded | |
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