The meeting of the Academy of Aphasia has both platform and poster sessions. The platform sessions include: Scientific papers (original research that has not yet been published); and Symposia (a number of papers focusing on a common theme - these papers may report on previously published research). Poster sessions include scientific papers that can be presented primarily in a visual format. The Academy considers poster sessions to be as scientifically meritorious as platform sessions. Poster sessions will not conflict with platform sessions.

Both members and non-members of the Academy are encouraged to submit papers and symposia for the annual meeting. Only student papers need to be sponsored or co-authored by a member of the Academy. All submissions will be given equal consideration on the basis of their scientific merit and fitness for the Academy. Submissions in speech-language pathology and neurology are encouraged.

Attendance at the Conference: Room at the meeting is limited. Standing invitations are available to all Academy of Aphasia members, all authors of accepted papers, and the first author of all rejected papers. In addition, members of the Academy can have guests attend the meeting.

Guidelines for Submission: The submitted abstract should provide a concise statement of the problem or hypothesis, procedures and analyses conducted, results obtained, and final conclusion drawn. In the case of symposia, the symposium organizer should submit an abstract summarizing the topic of the symposium and an abstract for each of the individual presentations (including the names and affiliations of the participants). More than one abstract may be submitted by an individual, but an individual can be listed as first author on only one submission.

Please note the following guidelines: Abstracts may include a maximum of 1000 words (including references) as well as one camera-ready figure/table. The Abstracts will be printed in Brain & Language, so the text and figure/table should be prepared in accordance with the published specifications of that journal (including reference format). Eight copies must be submitted: Two containing the author(s) and affiliation(s) at the top of the first page and the corresponding address at the end of the abstract; and six copies for anonymous review that do not list authors and affiliations. Please use reasonable margins and font for reviewers' ease. For each submission, please return one copy of the enclosed information sheet and a typed label with the corresponding author's address for notification by the Program Committee of its decision. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be reviewed.