Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie  Volume 34, 2024  http://journals.sfu.ca/dwr     293     Editorial  Locked In: Looking Back and Moving Forward at the DW/R Jordana Garbati  University of Toronto Mississauga  Taylor Morphett  University of Northern British Columbia   As scholars who study and teach writing, we are in the exciting position of teaching and learning from  our  students  about  the  ever-evolving  landscape  of  language  and  the  social  nature  of  writing.  Our  students recently taught us a new phrase:   locked in.   This phrase, which at first sounded concerning,  is used by many of our students to indicate a focus, commitment, or dedication to an activity. We have  adopted this phrase for our Year End Editorial to share in the levity that comes from interacting with  our students and to express the sentiment of being   locked in   on DW/R as new Co-Editors.   2024 was an exciting year of transition for Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie (DW/R). In May  2024, Drs. Kim Mitchell and Sean Zwagerman concluded their four-year tenure as Co-Editors of the  journal. Their tenure saw the journal  s reach grow, including international expansion. They indexed  the journal in  rudit and the Directory of Open Access Journals, which led to an increase in the journal  s  readership. As we begin as DW/R Co-Editors, we would like to thank Kim and Sean for their sustained  contributions to the journal over the last few volumes and for their guidance in our transition. While  we now hold the roles of Co-Editors, we have been involved with the DW/R for a number of years.  Jordana Garbati held the role of Review Co-Editor from 2020-2024, and Taylor Morphett held the  role of Editorial Assistant from 2016-2024.   In 2024, we published several pieces in multiple categories as well as a Special Issue. Our Major  articles this year included Doyle and Caissie  s   Doctoral Student Reading and Writing: Making Our  Processes  Visible    and  Troughton  s    Exploring  the  Writing  Process  of  Multilingual  Postsecondary  Students.   We were thrilled to publish another piece in our Writing in Practice series  articles that  we imagine as shorter and focused on writing pedagogy and practices in the classroom. Allen  s piece   Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie  Volume 34, 2024  http://journals.sfu.ca/dwr     294     in  this  category    Beyond  the  Word  Count    looked  at  the  rhetorical  and  genre  importance  of  the  assignment sheet and its relationship to students   written responses.  The Special Issue, guest edited by Seeley, Tekin, and Evans-Tokaryk, focused on teaching academic  writing in Canada. This issue included nine articles from scholars around Canada. Topics of these  articles include: graduate writing groups, integrating Indigenous and western approaches to teaching  writing, and examination of artificial intelligence guidelines in Canadian universities.  We also published Samuels  s review of two books, with differing positions, on the potential impact  of generative artificial intelligence on writing.   We anticipate a year of review and growth at DW/R in 2025. Since taking over as Co-Editors, much  of our work has been going on behind the scenes. For example, we developed a manual for future  Editorial  Assistants  to  increase  the  consistency  and  application  of  formatting  guidelines  and  streamline our back-end workflow processes of the journal  s online platform.  We  welcomed  our  new  Reviews  Editor,  Cara  Violini  from  Athabasca  University  and  our  new  Editorial Assistant, Raegan Cote from the University of Northern British Columbia. We continue to  work with some long-standing Editorial Board members and anticipate expanding our team.  Over the next year, we look forward to exploring collaborative opportunities with other writingfocused associations such as The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric and the Canadian Writing  Centres Association, and the European Writing Centres Association. We will also look for opportunities  to expand the journal  s reach through further indexing and our editorial board.  In  the  shorter-term,  we  are  excited  to  announce  a  Call  for  Proposals  for  a  Special  Issue  on  generative artificial intelligence and writing with articles published in both French and English. This  call was developed by our French Editor, Sara Vecchiato with support from Isabelle Clerc. Look for  the CFP in 2025!   We will continue to welcome authors to submit manuscripts in the categories of Major Articles,  Writing in Practice, and Reviews.  Finally, we would like to thank Kim, Sean, authors, reviewers, and guest editors for a productive  and  engaging  2024  at  the  DW/R.  We  also  wish  to  thank  our  Editorial  Board  members  for  their  commitment to the journal and for discussing productive ways forward for the DW/R. We would also  like to extend a large thanks to our community of readers. We are grateful for the time you spend  with the DW/R.  We look forward to continuing conversations with you and being   locked in   on writing with you  in 2025.