American Philological Association

292 Logan Hall, University of Pennsylvania

249 South 36th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304

215-898-4975

E-mail: apaclassics@sas.upenn.edu

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS OF PAPER ABSTRACTS

(See reverse for sample printed abstract)

Abstract Book

 

The APA will publish a volume of abstracts for the papers that will be presented at the 135th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Please send to the APA offices, for arrival no later than September 5, 2003, a printed copy of your one-page abstract. In preparing your abstract, please keep the following instructions in mind:

 

  • Abstracts must be one page in length. Abstracts longer than one page will not be published.
  • Use a laser printer or typewriter with a new ribbon. (Please, no submissions on dot-matrix printers.)
  • Submit an original copy to the APA office. No e-mail or fax transmissions will be accepted.
  • Guidelines:

 

o      Use 8.5-x-11-inch paper. If A4 paper is used, check that the text length from the top to the bottom is not greater than 10 inches.

o      The left, right, and bottom margins should be 1 inch; the top margin should be .8 inch.

o      Line spacing should be between 1.25 and 1.5.

o      The text of the abstract should be in 11 point type at a minimum. Abstracts will be reduced by 35% before being printed.

o      The author’s name (first name first, then surname in capitals) should be in the upper left-hand corner. The paper title should be in the upper-right-hand corner. Both should be in 12 point type at a minimum. (See other side for example.) The title must be the same as in the abstract submitted to the Program Committee, although it is understood that the space limitations prescribed above will make it necessary for you to submit a shorter abstract than the one reviewed by the Program Committee.

 

·      Please do NOT fold your abstract when mailing. Use cardboard backing if possible. Abstracts must be received no later than September 5, 2003

 

Electronic Publication of Abstracts

 

We urge you to submit your abstract to the APA web site for its Annual Meeting section. Please consult the APA web page (www.apaclassics.org) for submission guidelines. We hope that making abstracts available on the web in advance of the meeting will stimulate discussion, help members plan their schedules better, and inform them about sessions that they are unable to attend. Please note that abstracts for the web site must be submitted in the correct electronic form directly to the Web Editor.