Important Dates

  • Submission deadline (long and short papers): 11 September 2026
  • Submission deadline for presentation abstracts and non-archival papers: 9 October 2026.
  • Author notification: 23 October 2026
  • Camera-ready deadline: 6 November 2026
  • Tutorial day: 30 November 2026
  • Main conference: 1–2 December 2026

All deadlines are 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth time .

Authors should submit their papers via OpenReview once submissions open using the links below:

Research Paper Submission Non-Archival Submission

Overview

The 24th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2026) will be held in person at Deakin University Downtown Campus, Melbourne, from 30 November to 2 December 2026.

ALTA is the key local forum for presenting and discussing research results in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computational Linguistics (CL). The workshop will feature presentations, posters, and demonstrations from students, industry, and academic researchers. As in previous years, we strongly encourage submissions and participation from industry and government researchers. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, published online in the ACL Anthology and on the ALTA website. Papers will be presented either as oral or poster presentations at the workshop.

ALTA is ranked CORE 2026: Australasian C. See the CORE Conference Rankings Portal for details.

Topics

We invite submissions of original, unpublished long and short papers on all aspects of NLP and CL, including (but not limited to):

  • Commonsense Reasoning.
  • Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics.
  • Dialogue and Interactive Systems.
  • Discourse and Pragmatics.
  • Efficient Methods for NLP.
  • Ethics in NLP.
  • Information Extraction.
  • Information Retrieval and Text Mining.
  • Interpretability, Interactivity and Analysis of Models for NLP.
  • Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond.
  • Language Modeling and Analysis of Language Models.
  • Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics.
  • Machine Learning for NLP.
  • Machine Translation.
  • Multilinguality and Linguistic Diversity.
  • Natural Language Generation.
  • NLP Applications.
  • Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation.
  • Question Answering.
  • Resources and Evaluation.
  • Semantics: Lexical, Sentence level, Document Level, Textual Inference, etc.
  • Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining.
  • Speech and Multimodality.
  • Summarisation.
  • Syntax, Parsing and their Applications.

We particularly encourage submissions that broaden the scope of our community by considering practical applications of language technology and multidisciplinary research. We also specifically encourage submissions from the industry.

Submission Guidelines

Long and Short Research Papers (Archival Submissions)

Long and short papers must describe original work not previously published (except as a preprint). Submissions must be in English, in PDF format and must follow the two-column ACL format. We strongly recommend using LaTeX style files from https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files. That website also provides a Microsoft Word template, which may be used, but the authors should be very careful to ensure the formatting is correct (this has been an issue in past years).

Submissions for long papers are limited to 8 pages, and those for short papers are limited to 4 pages, with unlimited pages for references and appendices. However, reviewers are not required to read the appendices. The main text should be self-explanatory, with the appendix used only to highlight additional details.

Note that the review process is double-blind, and accordingly, submitted papers should not include the identity of the author(s) and the text should be suitably anonymised, e.g. using third-person wording for self-citations, not providing URLs to your personal website, properly anonymising public repositories, etc.

Paper Length Details

  • Long papers: 8 pages + unlimited references/appendices
  • Short papers: 4 pages + unlimited references/appendices

Appendices:

  • May be unlimited in length
  • Are not guaranteed to be reviewed
  • Should only contain supplementary material and additional details

Anonymisation Policy

  • Short and long paper submissions must be anonymised
  • ALTA follows the post-2024 ARR policy on preprints:
    • Preprints may be posted publicly
    • There is no anonymity period or limitation on posting or discussing non-anonymous preprints while the work is under peer review.

Non-Archival Submissions

To encourage broader participation and the presentation of work beyond the main archival track, we invite non-archival submissions. These may include abstracts, extended abstracts, or papers, and are intended for work that has been published elsewhere, is under review, or is in progress, as well as presentations of ongoing research, theses, or industry systems.

Accepted non-archival submissions will be presented as lightning talks at the workshop. These submissions will not be included in the workshop proceedings.

Submissions should include the presentation title and abstract, the name of the presenter, any publications relating to the work, and any information on collaboration with the local ALTA community. The submission must be in English, in PDF format and must follow the two-column ACL format, using either LaTeX style files or Microsoft Word template from https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files.

A submission may optionally include more than a title and abstract if, for example, it is based on a paper published elsewhere or a preprint. There is no strict page limit for non-archival submissions, and they may include these published papers or preprints. Non-archival submissions will not be published in the proceedings but simply reviewed by the ALTA executive committee to ensure that they are on topic, coherent, and likely to be of interest to the ALTA community. Submissions on work in progress and work published or submitted elsewhere are encouraged.

Presentation abstracts are NOT to be anonymised, and must include the author’s/authors’ affiliation. Any publications relating to the work should be cited in the submission, and the person who will give the presentation should be clearly stated. Abstract submissions should ideally be a few paragraphs long and no more than one page. Note, this does not refer to the abstract of a paper, but rather to stand-alone abstracts in the non-archival track.

ALTA invites submissions of all manner of interesting research, not limited to but including:

  • Papers accepted or published at ACL or similar venues by researchers in the ALTA region
  • Established academics giving an overview of an exciting paper or paper/s published in international venues
  • Completing research students giving an overview of their thesis work
  • Early candidature research students presenting their work in progress and ideas that may not have been published
  • Industry submissions that are not intended to be archival

Multiple Submission Policy

Original research papers under review or intended for submission to other venues may be submitted in parallel to ALTA. We require that the authors declare at submission that the paper has been submitted to another venue and identify it. Should the paper be accepted to ALTA and another venue, we will allow the authors to decide whether the paper should be published in the ALTA proceedings or treated as a presentation (without archival publication). In which case, a research talk at the ALTA workshop can still be presented. This is to encourage more internationally leading research to be presented at the workshop.

Paper Submission

Authors should submit their papers via OpenReview, using the ‘‘ALTA 2026 Workshop Submission’’ button when the call is officially announced.

Important Notice Regarding OpenReview Profile Creation

We would like to notify authors about OpenReview’s profile creation policy, please note that:

  • Profiles created without an institutional email (e.g., using Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) will undergo a moderation process that may take up to two weeks for approval.
  • Profiles created with an institutional email will be activated automatically without any delay.

We strongly recommend creating your OpenReview profile early using an institutional email to avoid delays. Otherwise, please be aware of the potential two-week moderation period and plan accordingly towards the paper submission deadline.