Eugen Bacon

Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author of several novels and fiction collections. Her recent books Ivory’s Story, Danged Black Thing and Saving Shadows are finalists in the BSFA Awards. Eugen was announced in the honor list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. She has won, been longlisted or commended in international awards, including the Aurealis Award, Foreword Indies, Bridport Prize, Copyright Agency Prize, Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant, Otherwise, Rhysling, Australian Shadows, Ditmar Awards and Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans. Eugen’s creative work has appeared in literary and speculative fiction publications worldwide, including Award Winning Australian Writing, Fantasy Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction. Book releases in 2022: Mage of Fools (Meerkat Press), Chasing Whispers (Raw Dog Screaming Press) and An Earnest Blackness (Anti-Oedipus Press). Visit her website at eugenbacon.com and Twitter @EugenBacon

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Bridging Verse and Prose in Speculative Writing (Sponsored by uncanny)

June 4, 2021 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Panelists: R.B. Lemberg, Mari Ness, Eugen Bacon, Katherine Quevedo and May Chong (moderator)
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Writers discuss how their experiences with verse and prose affect one another, where the two blend, and advice for writers trying to expand or improve their repertoire.

Publishing Short Stories and Collections

May 20, 2022 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Panelists: Wole Talabi, Vida Cruz, T. R. Napper, Mari Ness and Eugen Bacon (moderator)
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It starts with one story, but want to revisit the world, or you aren’t finished exploring this them. Once you’ve built a collection, how do you approach publication when most short stories are accepted one at a time? This panel talks about the business of traditionally publishing short story collections, from writers who have done so.

Living Overseas and Publishing in the US and CA

May 22, 2022 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Panelists: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Kristin Osani, AJ Fitzwater, Adriana Kantcheva and Eugen Bacon (moderator)
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When many popular traditional publishers have New York or otherwise North American roots, “breaking in” from elsewhere in the world can be difficult. In this panel, writers living beyond the US and Canada discuss their publishing experiences.