STET is a science fiction fanzine

Science fiction fanzine

A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day...

, which has been published intermittently from Wheeling, Illinois

Wheeling, Illinois

Wheeling is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 34,496 at the 2000 census, and 38,555 at the 2006 special village census.-Geography:Wheeling is located at ....

 by the married couple Leah Zeldes Smith and Dick Smith

Dick Smith (software)

Dick Smith is a Chicago, Illinois-based software engineer, computer consultant and a science fiction fanzine publisher.-Science fiction fandom:...

 since the early 1990s. It was nominated for the Hugo Award

Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...

 in 1993, 1994 and 2001.

Notable for the mimeograph reproduction and long lettercol of most issues, STET achieved its highest acclaim for the 2000 issue, a parody of The Old Farmer's Almanac

Old Farmer's Almanac

The Old Farmer's Almanac is a reference book that contains weather forecasts, tide tables, planting charts, astronomical data, recipes, and articles on a number of topics including gardening, sports, astronomy and farming...

full of extensive reference material on science fiction fandom

Science fiction fandom

Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or "fandom" of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy and in contact with one another based upon that interest...

. The fanzine was named partly because Leah Zeldes Smith, a journalist

Journalist

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, author

Author

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 and editor

Editing

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 by trade, had an abiding acquaintance with the proofreader's term stet

Stet

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; partly in affectionate tribute to historic, typographically titled fanzines such as Hyphen

Hyphen (fanzine)

Hyphen was an Irish science fiction fanzine published from 1952-1965 by Walt Willis in collaboration with James White, Bob Shaw and various others . Over that period, they published 36 issues...

and Slant

Slant (fanzine)

Slant was a science fiction fanzine edited by Walt Willis in collaboration with James White. It won the retro-Hugo for Best Fanzine of 1954, awarded in 2004....

; and partly in punning reference to the GeSTETner

Gestetner

The Gestetner, named after its inventor David Gestetner, is a duplicating machine brand and company.David Gestetner, born in Csorna, Hungary, moved to London, England, and in 1881 established the Gestetner Cyclograph Company to produce stencils, styli, ink rollers, etc. He guarded his invention...

machines most issues were printed on.