Instructions for submissions

Requirements for submissions to the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference

We are calling for submissions:

  • For the ISAD Online Conference and
  • For associations to record activities their associations are doing for International Stuttering Awareness Day on October 22 on ‘ISAD Around the World.’
  • All submissions must be emailed to isad@isad.live
  • All submissions must be sent by August 31st.

We welcome submissions from not only People Who Stutter (PWS) and professionals in the field of stuttering (for example, SLPs/SLTs and researchers), but also from those who are the partners, parents, children, friends, teachers, colleagues and other allies.

KIDS CORNER, TEENS CORNER and PARENTS CORNER We will continue our KIDS CORNER, TEENS Corner, and PARENTS CORNER. We invite kids (-12) and teens (13-20) and parents of children who stutter to share a submission (paper, poem, artwork, short video etc.) aligned with the conference’s theme. We are excited to hear about stories and experiences about young people and thoughts to help spread awareness and provide a light to others. IMPORTANT: With kids and teens submissions, we require parental consent for all under 18, to be sent to isad@isad.live, in order for content and photos to be posted, once accepted by the conference committee. We’d also like to hear uplifting stories and experiences from PARENTS with children who stutter. How you help your child, stories about good practice in schools, a warm connection between your child and its SLP, etc.

We ask for people to commit in a number of ways.

  1. Write a paper
    • Write a paper (in English). These submissions MUST be 2000 words or less.  You are welcome to submit shorter documents.
    • Please provide a title.
    • Your submission must be directly aligned with the theme. Where the link between your submission and the theme is unclear, authors will be asked to provide additional descriptive text explaining the relationship between the submission and the theme. If the submission is not aligned with the theme, your submission might be rejected.
    • Submissions, in the format of a piece of poetry, a song, a drawing or other cultural expressions are also welcome.
    • If you quote or use material from another person, please cite the reference at the bottom of the paper (APA referencing is preferred).
    • Papers should be provided in text (TXT), rich text format (RTF) or Word (DOC/X) format.  Do not submit PDF. Images MUST be sent attached, not embedded.  Special fonts should not be used, as all papers will be presented in the same style.
    • Please do not use complex formatting or language, as many visitors may not be native speakers of English.  If you have something visually complex to include, convert it into an image and send the image attached to your submission.The team will assess all submissions and may ask for clarification, shortening or rewording if necessary.
    • All submissions must be accompanied by a photo (jpg/jpeg, png etc, NOT heic) and a bio, in a separate file from the submission. The bio is a short introduction of who you are and your background. It must not be more than 150 words.
    • All images should be attached as separate attachments, not embedded. Images in PDF documents are not acceptable.
    • The review panel will maintain the ethical and moral integrity of the conference. Submissions with a primary focus of the author’s own work (for example therapy, book, device) with an intent to promote said work for personal or business gain will be rejected outright.

  2. Make an audio or video presentation
    • Record audio (in English) to be loaded to the website.
    • Your submission must be directly aligned with the theme.
    • Audio must be in the format .mp3, .m4a, .ogg or .wav.
    • Audio recordings must not be more than seven minutes in duration.
    • For audio recordings, you must include a short summary of the content.  For example, ‘An audio by Joe Smith about how his stutter made him a better person.
    • Record a video (or PowerPoint presentation, slideshow or similar, in English or with English subtitles) to be loaded to the website via YouTube.
    • Your submission must be directly aligned with the theme.
    • We cannot accept large video files sent by email, so please upload them to YouTube and send us the link to the video.
    • Video recordings must not be more than seven minutes in duration.
    • For video recordings, you must include a short summary of the content.  For example, ‘A video by Joe Smith about how his stutter made him a better person.
    • All submissions must be accompanied by a photo (jpg/jpeg, png etc, NOT heic) and a bio, in a separate file from the submission. The bio is a short introduction of who you are and your background. It must not be more than 150 words.
    • All images should be attached as separate attachments, not embedded. Images in PDF documents are not acceptable.
    • The review panel will maintain the ethical and moral integrity of the conference. Submissions with a primary focus of the author’s own work (for example therapy, book, device) with an intent to promote said work for personal or business gain will be rejected outright.

  3. Write about the International Stuttering Awareness Day event(s) in your country.
    • Write a short summary about what your association is doing for the ISAD (or send a max 3 min video). One of the points of the Online Conference is to raise awareness of International Stuttering Awareness Day and find out what others are doing.  This will be included in the Around The World session. If your association is doing something special, please let us know. For that we need the following information.
      • your country
      • your group’s name, if affiliated with a group
      • what you are doing for International Stuttering Awareness Day this year
      • include any venues, dates and times of activities, so others in your country can support you!
      • all images should be attached as seperate attachments, do not submit PDF.

  4. Reminder: For all presenters in the conference we ask you to:
    • Provide a short bio about yourself (not more than 150 words) with a picture (jpg/jpeg or png, not heic) of your head/face, as an introduction of who you are and your background.
    • All images should be attached as seperate attachments, not embedded. Do not submit PDF.
    • During the Online Conference, you will need to monitor the page where your submission is stored and respond to comments made by others every few days.
    • Send all emails/submissions/requests, including your contact details, to isad@isad.live, so we can contact you if we need to.  All submissions are due by August 31, 2026.  If you intend to submit please let us know as soon as possible so we can prepare for the number of submissions.  Late submissions will not be accepted, unless discussed with the team on forehand.

 

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