Chuck McKenzie
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Biography
McKenzie was born in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Professional Writing & Literature. During his life McKenzie has worked various jobs including a commercial artist, restaurant manager, entertainment consultant, and previously as a television actor. He now writes full time. McKenzie's first work was published in 1999 with his novel Worlds Apart. He received his first nomination in 2002 for his anthology AustrAlien Absurdities which he co-edited with Tansy Rayner Roberts
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian fantasy writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. Roberts's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...
. It was nominated for the 2003 Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
for best Australian collected work but lost to Cat Sparks' anthology Agog! Fantastic Fiction.
McKenzie has been nominated on six other occasions for his work in short fiction and as a fan writer.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Ditmar Award Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom... |
AustrAlien Absurdities (with Tansy Rayner Roberts Tansy Rayner Roberts Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian fantasy writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. Roberts's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight... as editors) |
Best Australian collected work | Nomination |
| 2004 | Ditmar Award | "Alien Space Nazis Must Die" | Best Australian novella or novelette | Nomination |
| Ditmar Award | "The Mark of His Hands" | Best short story | Nomination | |
| 2005 | Aurealis Award Aurealis Award Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:... |
"Eight-Beat Bar" | Best horror short story Aurealis Award for best horror short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers"... |
Nomination |
| 2009 | Ditmar Award | For work in HorrorScope Horrorscope Horrorscope may refer to:*Horrorscope *Horrorscope *HorrorScope , an Australian horror fiction news and review webzine*Horrorscope, an EP by Primal Fear*Horrorscope, a novel by Derek Lambert... |
Best fan writer | Nomination |
| 2010 | Ditmar Award | For work in HorrorScope Horrorscope Horrorscope may refer to:*Horrorscope *Horrorscope *HorrorScope , an Australian horror fiction news and review webzine*Horrorscope, an EP by Primal Fear*Horrorscope, a novel by Derek Lambert... |
Best fan writer | Nomination |
| Ditmar Award | "The Dead Walk! ... Into a Bookstore Near You" | William Atheling Jr. Award William Atheling Jr. Award The William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review are a Special Category under the Ditmar Awards. "The Athelings", as they are known for short, are awarded for excellence in science fiction and speculative criticism, and were named for the pseudonym used by James Blish for his critical... |
Nomination |
Anthologies
As editor:- AustrAlien Absurdities (2002, co-edited with Tansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian fantasy writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. Roberts's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...
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Short fiction
- "Tools of the Trade" (2001) in AustrAlien Absurdities (ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts)
- "Confessions of a Pod Person" (2002) in Passing Strange (ed. Bill CongreveBill Congreve-Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...
) - "Catflap" (2002) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#29, (ed. Keith Stevenson) - "Incident at Five Mile Creek" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
- "Boarding Pass" (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
#1, (ed. Ben Payne) - "Alien Space Nazis Must Die!" (2003) in ElsewhereElsewhere (Anthology)Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places is the third short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors....
(ed. Michael Barry) - "The Mark of His Hands" (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
- "Predatory Instincts" (2003) in Borderlands
- "Retail Therapy" (2004) in Orb Speculative Fiction #6 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
- "Eight-Beat Bar" (2004) in Aurealis (ed. Keith Stevenson)
- "Like a Bug Underfoot" (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster Tales is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen.-Background:Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It won the 2006 Ditmar Award for best collected work. Daikaiju! Giant...
(ed. Robin Pen & Robert HoodRob HoodRobert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
) - "The Second-Hand Bookshop of Al Hazred" (2006) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #24, (ed. Edwina Harvey)
- "Bad Meat" (2010) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #44, (ed. Felicity DowkerFelicity DowkerFelicity Dowker is a speculative fiction writer from Victoria, Australia. She is predominantly recognised as a writer in the horror genre.In 2009, she won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent...
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Essays
- "Laugh, You Alien Scum!" (1999) in Altair #4 (ed. Andrew Collings, Jim Deed, Robert N. Stephenson)
- "The Dead Walk! ... Into a Bookstore Near You" (2009)