Signs of the Times (Australian magazine) explained

Signs of the Times
Editor:	Jarrod Stackelroth
Editor Title2:	Associate Editor
Editor2:	Jesse Herford
Editor Title3:	Assistant Editor
Editor3:	Zanita Fletcher
Frequency:	Monthly
Total Circulation:	10,000 per month
Firstdate:	2 November 1886
Country:	Australia
Website:	signsmag.com
Issn:	1038-9733

Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand. Signs is an easy-to-read magazine for the general public focused on understanding current issues from a biblical point of view as well as promoting a holistic and healthy Adventist lifestyle.

Signs is related to the North American magazine of the same title, which is published by Pacific Press.

History

Signs of the Times began publication in Melbourne on 2 November 1885 under the name Bible Echo and Signs of the Times. It is believed to be one of Australia's longest-running periodicals, with only the Salvation Army's The War Cry edging it out by a few years.^[1]

Awards

Signs has won the following awards from the Australasian Religious Press Association (website)

• 2010 – Best Layout - Highly Commended
• 2010 – Best Review of Another Medium - bronze: "Making Much of Little" by Nick Mattiske, April 2009
• 2010 – Best Article, Applying Faith to Life - silver: "From the Ashes" by Adele Nash, April 2009
• 2009 – "Best layout" category: Signs magazine "Highly commended" for being "constantly well laid out with good use of typography and format"^[2]
• 2009 – Best humorous item^[2] – silver: "Another Shot at Saying 'Sorry'" by David Edgren, May 2008
• 2005 – Best illustration – winner: "When Liberty Drops Her Torch" by Shane Winfield, July 2004
• 2003 – Best Features – winner: "Attack on the world trade center one year on" by Hans Kunnen, August 2003
• 2003 – Best Magazine Layout – highly commended: Signs of the Times magazine
• 2003 – Most Originality – winner: "Letter From the Future", Robert Wolfgramm, June 2001

See also

• Signs of the Times (magazine)
• List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
• Signs Publishing Company

External links

• Signs of the Times website
  • "120 years of Signs of the Times!" by Alan Holman. Signs of the Times (Australia) January–February 2006

Archives (from General Conference Archives):

• Bible Echo and Signs of the Times, 1886–1903
• Australasian Signs of the Times, 1903– (incomplete, as of June 2007)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salvos Magazine | Salvos Magazine | the Salvation Army Australia.
2. Cited in "Church magazines enjoy ARPA nods". Record 114:38 (3 October 2009), p3