On Spec
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". On Spec[1] is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative fiction" umbrella.
History and profile
Based in Edmonton, Alberta,[2] On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers who joined together to form The Copper Pig Writers Society.[3] At the time, there was no paying market for English speculative fiction in Canada (though paying markets in French did exist). On Spec is Canada's longest-running, and according to author Robert J. Sawyer, most successful, English-language magazine in the field.[4]
Much more like a traditional small literary magazine than the mass-market-styled American science fiction digests such as Analog and Asimov's, On Spec was founded to address the frustration that English-speaking Canadian SF writers faced having to "Americanize" their stories for the existing US markets.[5]
Awards
- 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, Aurora Award Best Work in English: Other.
- 2020, 2021 Aurora Award Best Related Work.
See also
- Science fiction magazine
- Fantasy fiction magazine
- Horror fiction magazine
- List of Canadian magazines
- Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine
References
External links
- On Spec Magazine Official Website
- Alberta Magazine Publishers Association
- On Spec Magazine's Patreon
- Friends of On Spec Facebook group
- On Spec Twitter feed