There will be no obligatory conference theme for the 31mfm - abstracts on anything phonological will be welcome.

• The full call for papers will be issued during December 2024 - this is just preliminary information (we hope it will give you enough information to start preparing an abstract if you would like to). Once the full call for papers is ready, we will publicise it.
  

• The deadline for abstracts will be at the end of January 2025.
  

• Abstracts will need to be no longer than one side of A4 (or 'American letter'), with 2.5cm or one inch margins, single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract will need to be included on the one single page, but it will be enough, when referring to previous work, to cite "Author (Date)" in the body of the abstract (you will not need to give the full reference at the end of the abstract).

All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by four members of the organising committee and advisory board. You can read about the abstract selection process here.

If you would like to see which kinds of abstracts have been successful in the past, you could consult the previous mfm's abstract booklet, available here. Short abstracts (less than a full page) are rarely successful as they typically do not include enough information to judge their worth. A good abstract indicates what the data and/or problem or issue is clearly and does not just promise an analysis, but sets out what it is.

We will aim to finalise the programme, and to contact everyone who submits an abstract by the end of Feburary 2025, or as soon to that point as possible.