| Deadline Nears for Call for Papers/Proposals |
The October 17 deadline is fast approaching for the call for papers and proposals for the 2008 MPSA National Conference. This year marks the first time you can submit using our new online proposal submission system, which makes it possible for you to return to the system to edit your proposal, submit another proposal, and volunteer to be a chair or discussant.
To submit a proposal or paper online, you first must create a profile. To do this, click on the “Create a Profile” button on the proposal submission log in page. Enter a user name and password of your own choosing and your e-mail address and click the “Save” button. (The user name and password are not the same as the MPSA membership user name and password. You do not have to be a member of MPSA to submit a proposal.) This will take you back to the log in page, where you provide your user name and password to enter the system. Click the “New” button to submit a proposal. Be sure to provide information for all fields with asterisks.
To submit a paper, you must provide the following information:
- Each author’s first and last name, affiliation, e-mail address, and country where they currently reside;
- For the first author, the beginning and ending years of their Ph.D. work;
- The section(s) to which the paper is being submitted (up to two);
- Title;
- Brief overview;
- Abstract;
- Audio-visual requirements;
- Name, affiliation, address, zip code, country, and phone number of the contact person who submitted the proposal.
Click the “Submit” button to submit the proposal. If you submitted your proposal successfully, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with the subject line, “Your submittal has been received.” The e-mail message will include the submittal ID number and the information you provided. It is best not to create more than one profile.
Remember that it is the submitter’s responsibility to proof read their work. Whatever you enter in the system is what will appear in the printed program, if your proposal is accepted. If your submission has typos or spelling or grammatical errors, it is up to you to correct them. MPSA does not edit or change the information that is provided. To edit your proposal, you can click on the link on the MPSA home page, “Check Your Submission,” and enter the user name and password that you used to create a profile. Check the box next to the proposal you want to edit, and click “Edit” at the top of the page. Once you have made your changes, click the “Submit” button to enter the changes. Remember that the deadline for making changes is February 15, 2008. Remember also that participation is limited to two panels/poster sessions, for example, one poster session and one panel discussant or one panel chair and one single-author paper. However, participation in a roundtable does not count against the two panels/poster sessions limit.