Eugene Gordon (1891–1972) was an African-American journalist, editor, fiction writer, and social activist. He cofounded and edited the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Saturday Evening Quill and edited a magazine put out by the Boston John Reed Club. He wrote primarily on subjects related to racial discrimination and social justice. He published some fiction under pseudonyms, using Egor Don (which combines his first initial and last name) and (more rarely) Clark Hall and Frank Lynn.
Eugene Gordon was born in Oviedo, Florida, in 1891 and raised in New Orleans, where he later recalled living through the Robert Charles riots. He attended Howard University and then Boston University, studying English and journalism.
In 1916, Gordon married Edythe Mae Chapman, a short story writer and poet. They separated in 1932 and divorced in 1942. His second wife, June Croll, was a noted labor organizer; they had a son together.
On leaving school, Gordon served in World War I in Europe. After the war, he became a staff writer for the Boston Daily Post, rising to assistant feature writer in 1919. During the 1920s, he began publishing both fiction and nonfiction in periodicals like American Mercury, Scribner's Magazine, The Nation, and Plain Talk, as well as in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. His fiction ranged from stories about African-American life to a war story set in France. His short story “Game” won first prize in Opportunity magazine’s 1927 literary contest.
In 1925, Gordon organized an African-American literary group, the Saturday Evening Quill Club. Its founding members included fellow writers Helene Johnson and Dorothy West, and Gordon served as its president. Out of this grew an annual literary magazine, Saturday Evening Quill, which Gordon edited during its brief existence from 1928 to 1930.