On Spec

On Spec is a Canadian quarterly magazine of speculative fiction. They mainly feature work by Canadian writers in the genre they call “fantastic” literature. According to their pitch guide, they pay $100 for poems of 4 to 100 lines. For short-short stories of under 2000 words, they also pay $100. They accept fiction of up to 6,000 words, and they pay .05 CDN per word. All these rates are in Canadian dollars. 

News & Pitch Calls from On Spec

Monday, September 6th 2021

On Spec is open for submissions

This magazine does publish some work by other writers, although much of what they publish is by Canadians. They seek innovative speculative fiction and poetry. See guidelines for the kind of work they like, and the tropes they do not publish. 
Length: Up to 6,000 words for fiction, 4-100 lines for poetry
Pay: CAD100-200 for fiction, CAD100 for poetry
Details here and here.

 

Deadline: 30 September 2021