URBAN ACTION 2009:
Call for Creative Work

Urban Action invites authors, poets, photographers, and other creative people to submit their work for consideration for publication in the 2009 issue. The journal publishes original and creative work relevant for urban policy and planning.  Such work is usually inspired by a class assignment, an internship experience, or personal reflection on cities. 

Authors are encouraged to query the editors—prior to submitting their polished version—in a brief letter of inquiry and/or by sending an abstract of their work. For submission deadlines, click here.

If you would like to contribute your work, please contact the editors at the following address:

Urban Action Editors Mailbox
Urban Studies Program Office, HSS 263
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

Material Submission and Review

Make sure to provide your full contact information on your submittal letter, including your email address and telephone number.  You can drop your submission in the Urban Action mailbox in
HSS 263.

All submissions will be carefully reviewed by at least two editors. Each submission will be judged according to the following criteria: relevance to urban planning and policy; importance and appeal of topic to journal audience; clarity of writing; and quality of research and supporting evidence. The Editorial Board will make publication decisions collectively and promptly.

Once the article is admitted for publication, an electronic version of it will be required from the author so that the journal may be made available on the web.

Detailed Guidelines for Contributors

Final submissions should follow the following format:

• Use 12 point Times New Roman font, left justified
• Use page margins of 1 inch top and bottom, and 1.25 inches left and right
• Use double space
• Submit a maximum of 5,000 words of main text.  Tables, figures, notes and references should not exceed another 3 pages
• Put tables and figures together, at the end of the text
• In the text, indicate the approximate location for a figure or table on a separate line
• Include a caption (number and title) for each table and figure.   Place captions above tables and below figures
• Submit artwork (e.g., photographs, drawings) in camera-ready format and include a caption (number and title)
• Format the reference list using the author-date system described in The Chicago Manual of Style (14^th edition).  Use hanging indent format.

Citation examples:

Book
Oberlander, H. P. and E. Newbrun.  1999.  The Houser:  The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer.  Vancouver:  UBC Press.

Magazine
Article: Lemley, Brad. 1995. “The underground architect”. New Age, Jan.-Feb. 1995. People Weekly, October, 46

Journal
Article: Clifford, J. 1983. "On ethnographic authority”. Representations 1, no. 2: 118-46.

Newspaper
Article:  Mencken, H. L. 1925. “The second blooming”. Baltimore Evening Sun, 21 February.

Published
Interview:  Bullard, Dr. Robert. 1998. “Dr. Robert Bullard: Some people don’t have the complexion for..”. By Jim Motavelli. E Magazine, July/August: 10-13.

Internet
Document: Bierce, Ambrose. 1993. “Can such things be true?” [book online]. New York: Johnathan Cape and Harrison Smith. Accessed 28 September 1998. Available from gopher: http://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Library/Classic/cansuch.txt. Internet.