Call for Research Papers

Have you ever wished you could get your ideas out there for comment quickly? Have you ever wondered where are the conferences or journals that cater to work earlier than usual in the scientific cycle?

Onward! is that place. At Onward! we are interested in papers that describe work with potential to change significantly the field. But Onward! isn't a venue for just any old thing - an Onward! paper must say something substantially original, and must be sufficiently important and interesting to deserve the attention of the programming and software communities. An Onward! paper must present some supporting evidence - not pure conjecture. Evidence may be in the form of a compelling argument or analysis, a sketch of validity, or an initial implementation.

The scope of an Onward! paper can be broad: It can be single idea, a new approach, or a new paradigm. It can talk about programming languages, programming methodologies, process, software engineering, collaboration, and anything to do with programming and creating software.

But above all, an Onward! paper must be well thought out, well-written, and compelling in its argument.

Onward! is a fully peer-reviewed conference, and accepted papers will appear in the SPLASH (formerly OOPSLA) proceedings and the ACM Digital Library.

Please also review the important dates, and our research papers committee members. For additional information, clarification, or questions please contact the papers committee chair, Kevin Sullivan, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it