Hello all, The 23rd Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA) ( https://alta2025.alta.asn.au/ ) will be held at the University of Sydney, Sydney, from the 26th to the 28th of November, 2025. The ALTA 2025 workshop is the key local forum for socialising research results in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computational Linguistics (CL). *Submission Link: *https://openreview.net/group?id=ALTA.asn.au/2025 *Important Dates* Paper submission deadline (long/short papers, presentation abstracts, industry demonstrations): 10 September 2025 Paper review period (reviewing): 10 September - 1 October 2025 Commitment Deadline for ARR papers: 7th October 2025 Non-archival paper submission deadline: 7th October 2025 Author notification: 19 October 2025 Camera-ready deadline: 2 November 2025 Proceedings ready: 15 November 2025 Conference (Tutorial): 26 November 2025 Main conference: 27-28 November 2025 *Topics* ALTA invites the submission of papers and presentations on all aspects of NLP and CL. Please find the full list of topics here: https://alta2025.alta.asn.au/calls/papers . We particularly encourage submissions that broaden the scope of our community by considering practical applications of language technology and multidisciplinary research. We also specifically encourage submissions from the industry. *Format* We invite submissions of three different formats: (1) Original Research Papers, (2) Non-Archival Submissions, and (3) Industry Demonstrations. (1) Original Research Papers We invite the submission of papers on original and unpublished research on all aspects of NLP and CL. Long papers should be 7-8 pages, and short papers should be 3-4 pages (see further details below). The format should follow the ACL Rolling Review guidelines. Accepted papers will either be delivered as an oral presentation or as a poster presentation. We only accept poster presentations for participants who are presenting on-site. In addition to the page count requirements, both short and long papers may include unlimited pages of references. Note that the review process is double-blind, and accordingly, submitted papers should not include the identity of the author(s) and the text should be suitably anonymised, e.g. using third-person wording for self-citations, not providing URLs to your personal website, properly anonymising public repositories, etc. Original research papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will be published online in the ACL anthology and the ALTA website. Long papers will be distinguished from short papers in the proceedings. (2) Non-archival submissions To encourage broader participation and facilitate local socialisation of international results (such as papers published elsewhere), we invite non-archival submissions. The organisers may offer the opportunity to give an oral or poster presentation. We only accept poster presentations for participants who are presenting on-site. Submissions should include the presentation title and abstract, the name of the presenter, any publications relating to the work, and any information on collaboration with the local ALTA community. There is no page limit on non-archival submissions as such. Non-archival submissions will not be published in the proceedings but simply reviewed by the ALTA executive committee to ensure that they are on topic, coherent, and likely to be of interest to the ALTA community. Submissions on work in progress and work published or submitted elsewhere are encouraged. ALTA invites submissions of all manner of interesting research, not limited to but including: · Papers accepted or published at *CL or similar venues by researchers in the ALTA region · Established academics giving an overview of an exciting paper or paper/s published in international venues · Completing research students giving an overview of their thesis work · Early candidature research students presenting their work in progress and ideas that may not have been published · Presentation abstracts should not be anonymised, any publications relating to the work should be cited in the submission, and the person who will give the presentation should be clearly stated. (3) Industry Demonstrations To encourage industry participation and networking opportunities, we are thrilled to announce a track for industry demonstrations, which provides an exciting opportunity for industry researchers to showcase their NLP applications. You should submit a proposal that is 1-2 pages long, containing (1) a description of the software, tools or applications that will be presented and how NLP techniques are used to address a specific problem and (2) a brief introduction of your organisation. We particularly encourage startups using NLP models to submit a proposal. The proposals will be reviewed by the ALTA executive committee to select demonstrations that best align with the interests of the ALTA community. *Multiple Submission* Original research papers under review for other publication venues or that you intend to submit elsewhere may be submitted in parallel to ALTA. We require that you declare at submission that your paper has been submitted to another venue and identify the venue. Should your paper be accepted to ALTA and another venue, we will allow you to decide whether the paper should be published in the ALTA proceedings or treated as a presentation (without archival publication). In this case, you can still present a research talk at the ALTA workshop. This is to encourage more internationally leading research to be presented at the workshop. *Instructions for Authors* *Paper Submission* Authors should submit their papers via OpenReview using the ‘‘ALTA 2025 Workshop Submission’’ button (soon to appear here). Note, this will become available closer to the submission deadline. *Formatting Guidelines* Submissions must follow the two-column ACL format. We therefore strongly recommend you use LaTeX style files from https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files. That website also provides a Microsoft Word template, which may be used, but be very careful to ensure the formatting is correct (this has been an issue in past years). *Paper Length* Long papers: 7-8 pages of content. Plus, unlimited pages of references and appendices. Short papers: 3-4 pages. Plus, unlimited pages of references and appendices. About the appendices: While the appendix length is unlimited, it is essential to notify the authors that reviewers are not required to read it. The main text should be self-explanatory, with the appendix used only to highlight additional details. Abstract submissions ideally should be a few paragraphs. Note, this does not refer to the abstract of a paper, but rather to stand-alone abstracts in the non-archival track. Industry demonstration proposals should be 1-2 pages. *Anonymisation* Short and long paper submissions must be anonymised. Abstracts are NOT to be anonymised and must include the author’s/authors’ affiliation. We follow the post-2024 ARR approach to preprints. There is no anonymity period or limitation on posting or discussing non-anonymous preprints while the work is under peer review. Regards, Aditya Joshi (Program Co-Chair, ALTA 2025) On behalf of Jonathan Kummerfeld (Organising Chair, ALTA 2025) Mark Dras (Program Co-Chair, ALTA 2025) and the ALTA 2025 Organising team ---- Dr. Aditya Joshi Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney.