4. Preliminary work should not be submitted this way. It risks rejection and ineligibility for the January cycle, per ARR CFP: aclrollingreview.org/cfp

1. This early submission option applies to work submitted to ARR in October that authors may wish to commit to ACL 2026.
2. Such submissions may receive an early invitation letter to help with visa delays.
3. This is not a guarantee of acceptance to ACL 2026.

💡 If you prefer to revise your paper (based on the AC's suggestions), you can resubmit it to a future ARR cycle.
📅 Next ARR submission deadline: July 28, 2025 AOE
🔗 openreview.net/group?id=acl...

✨ Planning to publish your May-cycle ARR paper at EMNLP 2025? Here's what you need to do:
🗓️ Commit by August 1, 2025 AOE
🔗 Commitment portal: openreview.net/group?id=EMN...

🔍 NEW in this cycle:
If you believe there are serious procedural issues with your meta-review, you can now file an issue report.
🗓️ Deadline: July 26, 2025 AOE
📖 More info: aclrollingreview.org/authors#step4

More details on the policy here:
aclrollingreview.org/incentives2025
2025.emnlp.org/reviewer-pol...

The content of both the submission and (meta-)review is confidential. Therefore, even for acceptable purposes such as proofreading, it must not be passed on to non-privacy-preserving third parties, such as commercial LLM services, which may store it.
(2025.emnlp.org/reviewer-pol...)

In case of any emergencies, the chairs should be warned via the emergency declaration form.
(aclrollingreview.org/reviewerguid...)

We are still finalising the SAC list to add into system. In the meanwhile you can fill in above forms (for AC/Reviewer) and once we add you as SAC, we can deallocate your rest of the responsibilities.

TL;DR

🕒 All authors must register to review by May 21, 2025 AoE
⚠️ Late, unprofessional, or AI-generated reviews = ineligible to commit to EMNLP or (re-)submit to next ARR cycle
🏅 Great reviewers & ACs will be recognized & rewarded