diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/request-for-position.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/request-for-position.yml
index e553d67..2cfa66f 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/request-for-position.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/request-for-position.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ body:
       placeholder: "https://www.w3.org/TR/SHORTNAME"
     validations:
       required: true
+  - type: input
+    id: spec-authors
+    attributes:
+      label: "Spec author(s)"
+      placeholder: "Comma-separated list of GitHub accounts"
   - type: input
     id: spec-repo
     attributes: