One Year of Traces Journal
Subscriber giveaways, top posts from our first year, and a thank you...
Dear Traces community,
Join us in celebrating one year of Traces Journal!
This past year would not have been possible without you: our readers, contributors, and subscribers. Thank you for joining us and the community we’re building here as we become the centre of Christian Arts & Letters in Canada.
We are especially grateful to our Advisory Board, Editorial Team, and our paid subscribers, who support our work, refine our mission, and help us grow.
Interested in being a part of our team? Reach out to traces.editor@gmail.com to learn about current openings for editorial work, interns, and collaborations!
Enter to win: Subscriber Giveaway!
We’re doing a subscriber giveaway to celebrate one year of Traces Journal. Here’s how you can enter:
Paid Subscriptions: All paid subscribers will be automatically entered to win a book & broadside bundle featuring our favourite works by Christian and Canadian writers from the last few years. Become a paid subscriber of any tier to be entered into the draw!
The Rules: All current and new paid subscribers will automatically be entered. To enter the draw more than once, consider a paid gift subscription for a friend! For every gift subscription, both you and the recipient will be entered into the draw.
Free Subscriptions: Can’t commit to a paid subscription? No problem! All free subscribers will be entered into a draw for a small ‘thank you’ gift from our editorial team. All current and new free subscribers will be automatically entered to win. Refer a friend to enter both of your names, without limits on how many times you can enter.
Subscribe by December 30th, 2025 to enter! Winners will be announced in January.
Revisit your favourite posts from Issues 1-3
Top Poems:
Top Prose:
The latest Order of Love dispatch is here!
Lost, “The Constant,” S4:E5
You may want to (re)watch this over the Christmas holidays. In arguably the best single episode of the entire series (and one of the best on all of television, according to various sources), Desmond is reconciled to the love of his life, Penny, whose heart he has broken. After he abandons her, he takes part in an around-the-world boat race that brings h…
That’s all for now. As always, be sure to share and subscribe! We’ll see you again in the new year!
Happy reading,
The Traces Team