User:Steve Smith/On Spec

History
On Spec was founded in 1989 by the Copper Pig Writers' Society. Its aims were to legitimize speculative fiction in Canada, and expand the genre to include poetry and non-fiction works. Moreover, its founders felt that American speculative fiction magazines did not meet the needs of Canadians, and that the lack of English Canadian speculative fiction magazines meant that Canadian writers were forced to "Americanize" their writing in order to get it published. For the first few years of its existence, On Spec published three times annually; in 1993, it moved to its current quarterly publishing schedule.

The magazine won the Aurora Award for science fiction in the category of "English, other" in 1990, 1991, 1995, and 1997. Additionally, Lar deSouza won the 2008 Aurora Award for artistic achievement for his contributions to On Spec's Winter 2007 issue.

Authors published in On Spec

 * Malcolm Azania (as Minister Faust) (Winter 2006, novel excerpt)
 * Alison Baird (Summer 1993, Fall 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995)
 * George Barr (Fall 1994 - art feature, Summer 1996 - cover)
 * Elizabeth Bear (Winter 2003, Winter 2005)
 * Ven Begamudré (Spring 1996)
 * Marie Brennan (Fall 2007)
 * Tor Åge Bringsværd (Fall 1989 - translated novel excerpt)
 * Bruce Byfield (Fall 1993)
 * Lesley Choyce (Fall 1994)
 * Charles de Lint (Fall 1994)
 * Paulo da Costa (Summer 1998, Fall 2001 - poetry)
 * Leo and Diane Dillon (Winter 2002 - cover art and art feature)
 * Cory Doctorow (Winter 1990, Spring 1994, Fall 2000, Fall 2001)
 * Candas Jane Dorsey (Winter 1999)
 * Dave Duncan (Spring 1989, Winter 1993 - novel excerpt)
 * Jean-Claude Dunyach (Summer 2002 - translated, Winter 2003 - translated)
 * Bob Eggleton (Summer 2003 - cover art)
 * Jaine Fenn (Winter 2001)
 * Charles Coleman Finlay (Summer 2002)
 * James Alan Gardner (Spring 1990)
 * Ron Horsley (Winter 2003)
 * Tanya Huff (Fall 1995, Winter 1995, Summer 1996, Fall 1996, Winter 1999)
 * Monica Hughes (Winter 1990)
 * Hazel Hutchins (Fall 1998)
 * Marie Jakober (Spring 1995)
 * Jan Jensen (Summer 1995, Summer 1997, Winter 1998)
 * K. V. Johansen (Fall 1997)
 * David Keck (Fall 1996)
 * Eileen Kernaghan (Spring 1989 - poetry, Fall 1989, Spring 1993 - poetry, Spring 1995, Fall 1998 - poetry, Summer 1999 - poetry)
 * Kazu Kibuishi (Winter 2005 - cover art)
 * W. P. Kinsella (Winter 1994)
 * Adrian Kleinbergen (Spring 1991 - cover art, Spring 1995 - cover art, Fall 1997 - cover art, Summer 2000 - cover art, Fall 2007 - cover art)
 * Jay Lake (Winter 2003)
 * Karin Lowachee (Summer 1994)
 * Nicole Luiken (Winter 1990, Spring 2006)
 * Scott Mackay (Fall 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2006, Fall 2007)
 * Alice Major (Fall 1990, Fall 1991 - poetry, Winter 1991 - poetry, Spring 1992 - poetry, Fall 1992 - poetry, Fall 1994 - poetry)
 * Lyn McConchie (Fall 1992)
 * Yves Meynard (Summer 1996)
 * L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Summer 2000, Spring 2001)
 * Vera Nazarian (Summer 2001)
 * Spider Robinson (Fall 1989 - non-fiction, Fall 1994)
 * Robert J. Sawyer (Summer 1993, Spring 1995 - non-fiction, Summer 1995 - non-fiction, Fall 1995 - non-fiction, Winter 1995 - non-fiction, Spring 1996 - non-fiction, Summer 1996 - non-fiction, Fall 1996 - non-fiction, Winter 1996 - non-fiction, Spring 1997 - non-fiction, Summer 1997 - non-fiction, Fall 1997 - non-fiction, Winter 1997 - non-fiction)
 * Karl Schroeder (Spring 1992, Fall 1993 - non-fiction, Spring 1994)
 * David J. Schwartz (Summer 2001)
 * Mark Shainblum (Fall 2006)
 * Heather Spears (Summer 1995)
 * Linda Smith (Winter 1992, Winter 1999)
 * Martin Springett (Fall 1991 - cover art, Fall 1992 - art feature, Spring 1998 - cover art, Spring 2004 - cover art and art feature)
 * Richard Stevenson (Spring 1990 - poetry)
 * Sean Stewart (Winter 1992)
 * Bruce Taylor (Fall 1992)
 * Karen Traviss (Fall 2002, Winter 2003, Spring 2004)
 * Jean-Louis Trudel (Spring 1994)
 * Diane Tucker (Fall 2005 - poetry)
 * Edo van Belkom (Fall 1990, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Summer 2000)
 * James Van Pelt (Fall 1999, Spring 2001, Fall 2001)
 * Peter Watts (Summer 1994, Spring 1995, Spring 1997 - non-fiction, Spring 1999, Fall 2000, Winter 2001 - non-fiction, Summer 2003 - non-fiction, Spring 2004 - non-fiction)
 * Gregory V. Wilson (Fall 2007, Winter 2007)
 * Frank Wu (Spring 2003 - cover art)