This city is bursting with brainy people. We learned that last year when we launched our Big Brain Awards, honoring emerging creatives in Phoenix.

Now we're at it again.

We're looking for ground-floor movers and shakers who are cooking, painting, filming, designing, dancing, singing, and writing their hearts out. And we need your help.

Starting now, we are accepting nominations online for Valley residents who deserve to win a $1,000 cash prize in one of the following categories: design/fashion, visual art, performing art, film/video, culinary art, and this year's wild card, literary.

Finalists will be profiled online and in the paper April 7, and winners will be announced Saturday, April 9, at Phoenix New Times' Artopia - an evening of art, food, fashion, drinks and music.

Deadline for submissions is March 14 at noon.