Computers and Composition Online will publish a special issue on the intersections between composition, literacy, and computer/video gaming as a companion to the Fall 2008 special print issue of Computers and Composition, "Reading Games: Composition, Literacy, and Video Gaming." These issues will explore the social, historical, cultural, and pedagogical implications of computer/video games on literacies and the writing classroom.

We invite authors to submit proposals for webtexts that examine these intersections, taking into account not only the the rich field of scholarship that is developing in the areas of computer/video game studies, but scholarship in literacy and composition studies as well. Computers and Composition Online is committed to offering inventive webtexts that offer practical and theoretically grounded scholarship for teachers, scholars, and administrators, and we will be looking to continue that commitment in this special issue.
Submissions should fit these sections of Computers and Composition Online:

* Theory into Practice -- Theory, thoughts, and speculation, including rhetorical and critical approaches to the multiliteracies of computer/video games.
* The Virtual Classroom -- Pedagogy and classroom experience, including course designs and assignments for integrating games into the writing classroom.
* From Print to Screen -- Online features that connect with the print journal. We invite authors appearing in the special issue of Computers and Composition to add supplementary webtexts.
* Professional Development -- Interviews and profiles.
* Reviews -- Not only books, but sites, events, and other blended media. We have compiled a list of appropriate works for this special issue, so please email if interested in writing a review.

Send a 500 word proposal by December 14, 2007. If accepted, your final submission should be sent via email in a .zip file, provided as a URL, or sent on CD/DVD to the address provided. Final articles need to be web-ready—PDF files, DOC files, or other purely text-based articles are not suitable. Check current and past articles at http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/. In preparing your submission, also note that CCO is a refereed journal and allows time for reviews of submissions. Authors wishing to do so may use a mutually agreed upon form of the Creative Commons License for their article; CCO supports fair use and the open source movement in academia. If you have any questions about format or content, please feel free to contact us by email. Queries are welcome.

Deadline for proposals: December 14, 2007
Deadline for submitted webtexts: March 28, 2008

Please send queries or proposals (preferably by email) to:
Richard Colby and Rebekah Shultz Colby, Guest Editors, CCO
University of Denver
Writing Program, MSC 5203
2150 E. Evans Ave.
Denver, CO 80208-5203
richard.colby@du.edu
rebekah.shultzcolby@du.edu