Paper Submission Guidelines

Overview

Shared task papers must follow the format for short papers at ArabicNLP 2026.

Paper Format

• Papers must follow official EMNLP (ACL) LaTeX or Word templates
• Available at: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files
• Length: Up to 4 pages (excluding unlimited references and appendices)

Paper Title Format

Use this format:

<Team Name> at <Task Name>: <Your Contribution>

Example: “Scholarly at AraGenre 2026: Hierarchical Genre Classification via Few-Shot Prompting”

Submission System

• All papers must be submitted via OpenReview
• An OpenReview account is required for all participants and organizers
• Papers are not anonymous (shared task papers are non-blind)

Requirements

• Papers must cite the shared task overview paper
• The main content must not exceed 4 pages
• No page limit on appendices and references
• At least one author must register for ArabicNLP 2026 / EMNLP 2026

Important Dates

• August 22, 2026: Camera-ready system description papers due
• September 1, 2026: Shared task overview papers due
• September 10, 2026: Conference camera-ready deadline

Additional Notes

• Authors are free to post papers on arXiv at any time
• No revisions or name changes allowed after the review period
• If research raises ethical concerns, discuss them in the paper
• Release of code and data is strongly encouraged for reproducibility

Questions?

Contact the shared task organizers or the ArabicNLP 2026 workshop organizers.