The first edition of media festival of “Our City” has called on participants to submit their works for the event, scheduled to take place this fall.

The event, which is held by the Qom Municipality) divided into several parts including text-based products, visual products and scientific papers.

The media festival offers the following topics:

 
Call for Papers
The First Edition of Media Festival of “Our City”
 
Festival sections:
The main section:

1. Text-based products:

• News / Report / Interview / Headline / Essay and Analysis

• Photo / Photo album / Cartoon / Poster

• News report / Documentary / Short film and Clip / Motion graphics and Animation / Podcast

• Academic Articles / Academic Thesis

• Urban media in cyberspace:


• Special productions of social networks & domestic & foreign messengers

• Special jury award for selected works in


• Specialized topics: 50 million Rials


• Special topics: 30 million Rials

1. Islamic governance and management in the city

• Coordinated and integrated urban management


• Islamic Council of the city


• Resistance economics in urban management

2. Identity and body of the city

• Detailed plan & urban development


• Recreation & centrality of the holy shrine


• Urban landscape & Islamic-Iranian architecture


• The city throughout history


• ?Brand & urban symbols of Qom

3. Main programs for improvement of life quality

• Vision document 1414


• Development of knowledge and skills in urban management


• Development of tourism and pilgrimage

4. Construction & Growth

• civil projects


• Urban infrastructure plans

5. Traffic & transportation

• Public transportation


• Clean & human-centered transportation


• City thoroughfares

6. Urban environment & quantitative & qualitative development of green spaces

• Waste Management


• Environmental pollutions


• Urban safety & resilience


• Organizing urban jobs

• Communication infrastructures


• Electronic services


• Smart citizen


• Creative City


• General topics

• Mahdism & the city of waiting


• Islamic-Iranian & revolutionary identity of Qom city


• Sacrifice & martyrdom


• City jurisprudence & urban management jurisprudence

2. city & citizens' lifestyles

• Citizen engagements


• Ethics & culture of citizenship


• Citizenship in urban management


• Social vitality / healthy recreations

• Urban diplomacy


• International religious, scientific & cultural discourse

1. Day of Qom

• The religious status & identity of the city


• Introducing the obvious & hidden capacities of Qom

2. Silent aspects of urban management in public opinion

• City situation, performance & urban management measures in coronavirus crisis


• Media subjects & ideas in controlling and preventing coronavirus outbreaks