Traces Journal is a Canadian journal dedicated to promoting arts and letters engaging with the Christian tradition. We publish poetry and prose that seek traces of the divine in our midst.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 34 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 months ago |
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One Year of Traces Journal
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...
Issue 3, Week 4
Dear Traces community,
We’re back with the final publications from Issue 3: All Saints 2025! Thanks for being a part of our launch over the last four weeks. We hope you’ll continue to read and share the great work from our latest issue....
Book Review: "This may be the Year" by Carole Giangrande
This May Be the Year by Carole Giangrande (Inanna Publications, 2025)
Reviewed by Mike Bonikowsky
She loves the world she sees, and because she loves it she is afraid.
When I was young, I used to write poems almost every day....
Worshipping Bones: the Poetry of Kay Smith
This is the first essay in a new series on Canadian Christian poets, by Burl Horniachek.
Kay Smith was a Canadian and Christian poet from New Brunswick. She was born in St. John and continued to live there for almost her entire life...
Issue 3, Week 3
Dear Traces readers & subscribers,
We’re back with more new writing from Issue 3: All Saints 2025! Be sure to share, subscribe, or comment to let us know what you think of the new issue.
Special Feature: Excerpt from Daniel C...
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Canadian poet and painter living in Central America. Author of “Life Cycle of a Mayfly” (Vallum). EIC of Traces Journal.
Traces Journal is a literary journal exploring faith and the arts in Canada. We publish poetry and non-fiction that seek traces of the divine in our midst.
Burl Horniachek is a Canadian poet, translator and editor of To Heaven's Rim, a major anthology of world Christian poetry. He currently lives near Winnipeg with his wife and two kids.
With an academic background as a classically trained musician and musicologist, and work experience in scholarly publishing, I did not expect Poetry to drag me into its deep end around age 50, but I continue to write poems and short prose.
Urban monk and poet, living and writing in the Midwest. Useless but whimsical.
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