Call for Papers
We are currently accepting proposals for talks. Please register, or email a title, abstract, bio, any relevant links, range of places and dates you would be able to attend, and a description of any support needed (from sponsorship to technology), to . If you have more than one idea, send them all.
Submissions do not need to be 100% formal or set in stone. All submissions must be related to language creation to be considered, but beyond that we encourage a very wide range of formats and topics - including technical papers on (regular/socio-/inter-/etc-)linguistics, research papers involving created languages or language acquisition (such as in cognitive science and developmental or cognitive linguistics), theoretical innovations or philosophical considerations of the craft, reviews of certain kinds of conlangs, presentations of conlang-related art, small presentations or posters about the particularly delightful features of your latest work in progress, conlang-related games and humor, etc.
Workshops are typically limited to a maximum of 2 hours, full talks to 1 hour (including Q&A), and talks that discuss a particular conlang (but do not address some larger issue relevant to the craft itself) to 15 minutes. More or less time may be allotted depending on organizational needs.
We treat submissions about artlangs, auxlangs, engelangs, loglangs, etc., all equally; it is our goal to provide a forum that unites and is relevant to the entire conlanging community.
We will consider presentations given via teleconferencing, though we can't guarantee that the technology will be available. If this interests you, please submit a proposal.
We would rather hear your submission than not, and we would rather hear it sooner than later.
Please note that we are always accepting proposals for future conferences also - let us know where and when you could make it, no matter what that is. If anything, we will keep your proposal in consideration for LCC4. We are considering locations throughout the world, but particularly the east and west coast United States, and western Europe.
Unsure of what to speak about, or whether your talk is appropriate? You can view all the talks from LCC1 on video.google.com, and view the program and schedule of both LCC1 and LCC2 on our website. For informaton, visit http://conlangs.berkeley.edu. Please note that we are seeking to diversify our program, so if in doubt, send it in, and we will work with you to tune your proposal to our audience.
If you have any questions about giving a presentation or a workshop at this or any future LCC, please contact us at .
Some of your questions may be answered in our FAQ.