Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He has helped shape Spacing into one of Canada's top small magazines: he was named Editor of the Year for 2007 by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors and Spacing has been named Canadian Small Magazine of the Year six times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015), and Best Canadian Magazine Blog (2011, 2012, 2013) and Best Canadian Magazine Web Site (2013, 2014, 2016). Spacing has been nominated for 20 National Magazine Awards since its inception.