Hi all,

deadline query!!! urrgghh

I am submitting for a conference (joint with a scholar) where I suddenly checked and saw that the Call for papers says submit proposals for papers...no word limit set

Now what we have is a 350 word abstract (detailing motivation, fieldwork, findings etc) plus usual keywords etc.

Is this okay? or do they by 'proposal' mean someting longer or different?

Anyone helllp...the deadline is here :-) and my scholar co author is away!

Hi Bug,

I was in this position a while ago - where a call for papers specified no word limit. A colleague advised me that proposals should be kept to less than 500 words - so I submitted about 400, and my paper was accepted. It was a very high profile conference and they can't have been too desperate, so I think this was good advice!

They will be reading many, many proposals so I reckon short and to the point is the best approach, and 350 words fits that bill.

Hope these words help. 8-)

thanks eska :-)

The 350 words look great and I am not sure I should tamper over it once my co authot called in delightful (pat on the back!) and am thinking of leaving it at 350...