The Athenaeum Press, the student-driven publishing lab at Coastal Carolina University, is seeking stories organic to this region-from South Carolina's history to issues this region faces today. From archives, concepts, little-known places, old folk stories and buried treasure, if there's a good story, the Press wants to hear about it.

Unlike other university presses, The Athenaeum Press does not publish completed projects, but instead develops projects from the ground up with a team of faculty, students and community members. Teams develop, refine and storyboard the project, then design and build the project across a wide variety of formats. The result is a multimedia work that is both digital and tangible. Over the past five years, the Press has produced a photography book about a 19th-century journey in a paper canoe, a web series documentary about homelessness in Myrtle Beach, and an interactive and traveling museum exhibit on African-American soldiers during WWII, among others.

Anyone can submit a project idea: community members, nonprofit organizations, or students and faculty members at CCU or other institutions. The Press especially encourages project ideas and submissions from underrepresented communities that expand and diversify the perception of this region. The Press is interested in projects dealing with distinctive, experimental and boundary-challenging topics. Projects are developed over the course of a semester or a year, depending on the amount of field work and research required. People who submit project proposals will work closely with the Press to develop and guide the project, and the team will determine how best to tell the story.

All that is required to submit a project is a short description, biographies of the proposers, and a preliminary budget. Projects are evaluated based on their potential for multimedia development, collaboration and student learning potential. Complete details can be found at theathenaeumpress.com/submit. Proposals must be received before January 19, 2018.

Past projects and the call for submissions can be found at theathenaeumpress.com.