This call for papers will also be sent by regular mail along with the 1999 news letter from Ralph E. Reynolds.

The 2000 annual meeting of SSSR will be held in Stockholm beginning Saturday morning, July 22, and concluding either Sunday evening or on Monday, depending on the number of submitted and accepted papers. Proposals should be postmarked, OR PREFERABLY E-MAILED, by November 15, 1999. The program will be distributed in late February, but notice of acceptance will be made as soon as possible so travel plans can be made.

The program will consist of scientific papers that report original research in reading. Topics include but are not limited to the following: reading acquisition, skilled reading processes, spelling, text comprehension, writing systems, individual differences in reading, connections between spoken and written language processes, reading instruction, and reading difficulties.

Papers may be presented by voting members, active members, and student members of the Society. Proposals from active members and student members consist of a title, a maximum 100 word abstract, and a 1-2 page (2 page maximum) summary, which explains the major questions and methods of the study and the importance of the results. Priority goes to the studies that are completed. Papers will be reviewed by a program committee consisting of SSSR members. Although an attempt will be made to accommodate all proposals judged favorably, space limitations may be a factor in the final selection of papers. If space limits the number of spoken papers, an author's willingness to give a poster instead of a spoken paper increases the chances of the paper's inclusion on the program. First authors will be notified by email of the acceptance or rejection of the paper.

Proposals submitted by voting members, which need to include only titles and abstracts, will be accepted without review. Generally, voting member's papers will be accepted as spoken presentations; however, some may be assigned as posters, if space for spoken papers is limited.

Authors making proposals for spoken papers should indicate the amount of time they prefer: 10, 15, or 20 minutes. Each paper will have 5 additional minutes for discussion. Session chairs will impose strict clocks on speaking time. To accommodate space limitations, some spoken papers may be reduced from the author's preferred time allotment. Generally, parallel sessions will be scheduled. The program committee may nominate a small number of papers to be presented at a general session.

Proposals for posters from members at all levels are encouraged. This is an excellent format for presenting research in a way that encourages real discussion.

All authors of papers will be listed in the program, with the first author designated as the presenter. Any author who becomes unable to present a paper listed in the program should contact the program chair immediately by email. Failure to do so may result in loss of eligibility at the next year's meeting.

All presenters must register for the conference and pay the registration fee. International members may pay registration fees in cash (U.S.) at the time of the meeting at the advance registration rate.

Proposals should be submitted to the program chair at the address below, OR PREFERABLY BY EMAIL. Accepted email submissions will have their abstracts included in the conference web-page program. To submit your proposal by email, send it to: rolson@psych.colorado.edu (do not reply to the present message from the SSSR list serve). Include "Call for Papers" as the subject. We prefer that you include the full submission in your email message, not as an attachment. If you send it as an attachment to your email, please send it as a regular text file.

Include the following information in your email proposal, in this order:

1. Paper Title

2. Presenting Author, with (a) affiliation, (b) address, (c) phone, (d) E-mail

3. Co-authors and affiliations

4. Membership Status: (a) Voting, (b) Active, (c) Student, (d) Application for membership submitted.

5. Preference for participation (a) Spoken paper but willing to give poster if necessary, (b) Poster, (c) Spoken paper only.

6. If spoken paper, indicate time requested (an additional 5 minutes will be allowed for discussion): (a) 10 minutes, (b) 15 minutes, (c) 20 minutes (limited availability).

7. Are you willing to chair a session? (a) yes, (b) no.

8. 100 word (maximum) abstract

9. 250 to 500 word summary

Your email submission is taken to affirm your understanding that proposals for this meeting are original and affirm that your proposal has not been published nor presented at another professional meeting. You should understand that the final decision on the length of an accepted spoken paper is made by the program chair and that you may need to prepare a shorter presentation than requested.

Proposals by regular mail should include 4 copies of the abstract and summary, and one copy of the proposal cover sheet (which includes points 1-7 for the email submission). All proposals by regular mail must include a self-addressed stamped envelop for notice of program participation. The deadline for both regular and email submissions is November 15, 1999.

This will be the first meeting of SSSR outside the U.S. and Canada. Our goal is to hold such meetings once every 5 years. This will firmly establish SSSR as a truly international organization and recognize the contributions of our current international membership. We encourage all current members to participate in this meeting, and to forward this information to appropriate nonmembers who may be interested in joining SSSR and/or attending the Stockholm meeting. Information about membership application can be obtained on this SSSR web site at: http://www.gse.utah.edu/edst/sssr/

We intend to construct a web site specifically for the Stockholm meeting. Much of the general information on the Salens conference center, surrounding hotels, and Stockholm/Sweden has been collected by Mike Miller and Nancy Pedersen for the Behavioral Genetics Association meeting held June 8-10, 1998. The web sites are: http://www.bga.org/1998/bga1998.htm (Conference information) http://www.bga.org/1998/sweden.htm (General info. On Sweden)

The International Congress of Psychology is holding its annual meeting in Stockholm, July 24-28. Its web site is: http://www.icp2000.se/

Address for regular mail submissions (discouraged): For email submissions (much preferred!):

Richard K. Olson rolson@psych.colorado.edu

Department of Psychology

University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 80309

(Phone: 303 492 8865)