Guidelines for Submitting Competitive Papers and Special Session Proposals for the 2010 SMA Conference

1. All competitive paper submissions and special session proposals are blind reviewed by multiple reviewers. Authors should avoid identifying themselves in the text or title.
2. Competitive paper submissions must not be published, accepted for publication, or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
3. Documents must be formatted in MS Word, use Times New Roman 12 point font and have .875” (top), 1.25” (bottom), .75” (left) and .75” (right) margins.
4. Email submissions to the appropriate track or competition chair by attaching the manuscript or special session proposal.  Emailed manuscripts should have no authorship identifiers (no cover page).  Instead, please include that information in the text of the email message accompanying the submission.  The name of the attached file should be descriptive of the paper or special session (i.e. abbreviated title).
5. The text of the submission email should include the author(s) names, affiliation, address, telephone, fax, and email address and clearly identify the contact author.  Please denote whether the submission is a competitive paper or special session.  Emails for competitive papers also must indicate one of the following:  “Paper to be published in full if accepted” or, “Paper to be published as a Summary Brief if accepted.”  If the competitive paper is authored only by doctoral students, clearly indicate this in the email text so it can be considered for the student paper award.
6. Competitive papers are limited to 15 pages, double-spaced, including figures, tables, and references and should begin with an abstract of 150 words or less.  Authors must use the style of The Journal of Marketing.  Special session proposals are limited to 5 pages, double-spaced including all ancillary materials.
7. Submit each manuscript or proposal to only one track.  Send submissions directly to the appropriate track chair.  If you are unsure which track to choose for submission contact the Program Chair.  All submissions are due no later than April 1, 2010.
8. Upon acceptance, authors must prepare the manuscript for publication in accordance with the instructions provided by the Proceedings Editor.
9. SMA rules require that all authors of accepted manuscripts must be paid members of the Society for the dues-year that begins with the conference.  In addition, at least one author of each accepted manuscript must attend the 2010 conference.
10. NOTE:  All electronic files sent out for review will include this message:  “To safeguard the intellectual property rights of authors, the Society for Marketing Advances requests that you do not share or otherwise make use of the manuscript, proposal or reviews.” 

Robert C. Erffmeyer
2010 Program Chair
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
College of Business
Department of Management & Marketing
Schneider Hall 215
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715) 836-4644, Fax (715) 836-4014