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We are glad to have you as an author. This page provides the general instructions for all proceedings published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project. You will find on separate pages the style sheet, the publication rights form, information about PostScript and PDF files, and answers to frequently asked questions from authors. The deadline, submission address, and any other instructions specific to a particular proceedings are on a page which was sent to you by the volume editor for your proceedings. If you have questions about your proceedings that are not answered on these pages, please contact your volume editor. General Instructions Your paper: We need a PDF or PostScript file of your paper. If you can send us a PDF file, that's great. Make sure that the PDF file includes all fonts when you generate it. Otherwise, you'll need to create a PostScript version of your paper. In both the MacOS and Windows, this is done by printing your paper to a file, and you'll need to have a PostScript printer driver on your computer. Basically, you tell the computer to print your paper, just as if you were going to print it on a laser printer. In the print dialog box or boxes, there will be either an option for "save to file" or a menu where you can set the destination of the printout to be the printer or a file. After telling the computer that you want to send the printout to a file, you'll be able to set a couple of options to tell the computer what sort of PostScript file you want and whether you want to include all the fonts. The basic types of PostScript files are plain PostScript (.ps) and various types of encapsulated PostScript (.eps). You need to create a plain PostScript file (.ps). If you have an option of how many fonts to include, select "all fonts". If your computer doesn't allow you to choose how many fonts to include, it should give you an option of "smaller file" vs. "more complete file". Choose more complete, rather than smaller. Save your file with .ps at the end of the file name and at least a few letters of your last name to start the file name. Check the particular instructions for your proceedings to see if the volume editor wants the file sent by e-mail or sent on a disk. In either case, you will need to send in a printout of your paper as well. You should send a printout that you have made from your PDF file, and you should check the printout carefully before sending it. At the proof approval stage, you will not be able to fix problems which are on the printout. For more information about PDF and PostScript files, please see our separate page with more detailed information. Information about your paper: We need a text file with the following information about your paper: title, author(s), number of pages, contact information, and an abstract. Do not format any of this material. Abstract: Do not put a separate abstract at the beginning of your paper. Your abstract must be a single paragraph of 3-9 sentences, written in third person rather than first person. Any examples must be embedded in the paragraph rather than on separate lines. Mention in the abstract any particular languages, research areas, and methodologies which your paper focuses on and which a researcher might include in a search request. Remember that many people will decide whether to read your paper based on your abstract. Your abstract should answer the following questions for prospective readers: what is your paper about, what are your new ideas or results in general terms, and why do they matter? Be reasonably specific, but do not try to compress every detail of your paper into your abstract. Put the title and author(s) at the top of the abstract, and then "abstract" on a line by itself. No font changes or formatting of any sort other than italics should appear in the abstract -- fonts and formatting other than italics will be removed before your abstract is published. For phonetic characters, use descriptions such as "bilabial fricative" instead. Do not include any tables, diagrams, figures, or other non-text material in your abstract. Specific Instructions, Deadlines, Contact Addresses All specific instructions, contact information for your volume editor, and deadlines for your particular proceedings are available on a separate page which will be provided by the volume editor. This page that you are reading contains general instructions for all proceedings being published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project. Thank you for submitting your paper! |