No Guidelines for Conference Submissions- Help?

[placeinspace]

I'm interested in submitting a paper to a seminar at a conference, but there are no guidelines given, just relevant topic ideas and saying that they are interested in "papers." Does that mean I submit a full paper or just an abstract (which in my experience is the norm for conferences)? Is it appropriate to email the coordinators to ask or will that make me look silly?

Thank you!

[maxhgns]

That's weird. It's entirely appropriate to email and ask.

In my field, a conference paper is usually about 3000 words long, and one aims to present it for about 20 minutes. Things are definitely different for different fields, but you can get a decent sense of what's expected by perusing the instructions on other conference CFPs.

[Adelaide9216]

Yes, you can email them. That's what I'd do.  But usually, they ask for abstracts...but double check just to be sure.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Adelaide9216