The Creative Community Journal, a new online publication featuring the scholarly work, research and critical thinking of SDSU undergraduate and graduate students is being launched by Envision San Diego, a partnership between SDSU's International Center for Communications, KPBS, and SignOnSanDiego.com, Students are encouraged to participate in this new endeavor by submitting papers on the following topics:

• The Importance of Citizen Participation in Community
• The Scourge of Sprawl
• The City of San Diego's "City of Villages" Plan
• The Case for Public Art
• The Marriage of Music and Math: Art and Science in the Classroom
• Smart and Safe Schools
• Healthy and Sustainable Communities
• Renewing the Urban Core
• The New Role of Libraries in the Age of Information
• Civic Engagement and Civic Enterprise
• New Information Infrastructures
• Governance in the New Economy
• Creative Clusters

Authors must be registered as graduate or undergraduate students at SDSU. Mini-grants of $200 will be awarded to each student whose paper is accepted for publication.

All accepted articles will be posted to the Envision San Diego Web site.  Articles originally submitted as a class assignment are acceptable. 

Additional submission requirements include:

• Only one submission per student
• 1,250-1,500 words, typed, double-spaced (title page and reference page not included in word count)
• Font: 12-point, Times New Roman
• Use of a common citation format (e.g., APA, MLA)
• Scholarly, peer-reviewed research on the chosen topic
• Local and/or regional data, if available
• Preference is given to papers that focus on the San Diego region and utilize local data, but papers that discuss other regions are also acceptable.
• Completed application form (available on April 11, 2005 at the School of Communication, PSFA 361)
• Author's name located only on the paper's title page
• Four (4) printed copies of the article, one MS Word copy on a CD labeled with student's name, and one completed application form, hand-delivered to:
  School of Communication, SDSU
  PSFA 361
  Attn: Andy Pendoley