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.

Onward! Short Papers

Onward! 2010 is opening a second round for the submission of short papers. This second round will accept submission of new papers, and also papers from the first round with a review result of “resubmit after revision”. The authors may resubmit the revised paper as a short paper with a letter to the reviewers. The same reviewers will consider the revised paper. Onward!’s focus on forward-thinking papers will be enhanced with this two-phase approach.

How to Submit

Electronic submission is required through the Onward! submission system. For additional information please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it