<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>SignWriting Symposium 2014 (SWS-2014)</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Abstract submission deadline: April 7, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Presentation submission deadline: July 7, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Online live presentation: July 21-24, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Proceedings published in a web archive: September, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Proceedings published in a PDF book: October, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>ABSTRACTS</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">1. Abstract deadline: April 7, 2014.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">2. Write an abstract that describes your presentation in one page or less. At the top of your abstract, state which of the following categories fits your submission:</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Education</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Literature</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Software</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Research</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Longer abstracts will also be accepted, but editors will shorten it to make it fit one page. The abstract will be posted on a SWS-2014 web page, which is still under construction. Abstracts will be posted under one of the above categories. If you feel your presentation does not fit any of these categories, please tell us in an email and we will try to decide together with you what to do…</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">3. Send your Abstract to both these email addresses:</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org">symposium@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">and</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">4. Acceptance notices will be sent shortly after your Abstract is received.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>PRESENTATIONS</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">1. Presentations deadline: July 7, 2014</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">2. Your presentation can be ANY length you choose, just as long as it is about SignWriting.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">3. There are three Presentation Venues: written papers, slide presentations and video presentations.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a. Written Papers accepted in the following formats:</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .pdf</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .doc</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .docx</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .txt</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .rtf</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .rtfd</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>b. Slide Presentations accepted in the following programs:</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• PowerPoint</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Keynote</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• GoAnimate</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Google Docs</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• SlideRocket</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>c. Video Presentations accepted in the following formats:</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .mov</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .avi</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• .wmv</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Flash</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• WebM</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• MPEG-4</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><p align="justify">Software demonstrations through download links can also accompany any of the above three venues.</p><p align="justify">You can present in one, two or all of the above three venues.</p><p align="justify">You are also welcome to join us live on the Symposium dates: July 21-24, 2014, on the web, but you are not required to present live online. We will provide a schedule of online events, and information on how to use the software to present online, if you wish, but your written paper, slide presentation or video presentation can also represent your work, with or without your live participation.</p><p align="justify">Before the presentation deadline, we will announce how to post your presentations on the web directly.</p><p align="justify">The purpose of the SignWriting Symposium Online is to bring people together and to share our SignWriting work publicly, not only during the Live Presentation dates of July 21-24, 2014, but also in a Symposium Web Archive that will remain on the web for future generations.</p><p align="justify">We look forward to reading and viewing your work with SignWriting, and to possibly meet you in July, online or in person...</p></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Valerie Sutton</div><div style="margin: 0px;">SWS-2014 Chair</div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Steve Slevinski</div><div style="margin: 0px;">SWS-2014 Chair</div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org">slevinski@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Adam Frost</div><div style="margin: 0px;">SWS-2014 Chair</div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:frost@signwriting.org">frost@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><p>SignWriting Symposium Submissions:<br><a href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org" title="Submissions" target="_self">symposium@signwriting.org</a></p><p>SignWriting Symposium 2014 Web Page<br><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014" title="SignWriting Symposium 2014" target="_self">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014</a></p><p>SignWriting Symposium 2014 on Facebook<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/signwritingmeetup" title="SWS-2014 on Facebook" target="_self">https://www.facebook.com/signwritingmeetup</a></p></div></body></html>