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ACL LaTeX Template
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Premier NLP conference. Requires Limitations section. Supports long (8 pages) and short (4 pages) papers.
About the ACL Template
ACL (Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics) is the premier conference for natural language processing and computational linguistics research. The ACL style files are shared across all *ACL venues including EMNLP, NAACL, EACL, and AACL.
ACL 2026 will be held in San Diego, California (July 2–7, 2026), with tutorials on July 2, workshops on July 3–4, and the main conference on July 5–7. All submissions go through ACL Rolling Review (ARR).
The ACL LaTeX template uses a two-column format and accepts both long papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages), with unlimited additional pages for references. A distinctive requirement is the mandatory "Limitations" section, which must be placed after the conclusion and before references. This section discusses the limitations of the work and does not count toward the page limit.
The official style files are maintained on GitHub at acl-org/acl-style-files and updated for each year's conferences. Authors must use these exact style files — tweaking the formatting may be grounds for rejection. The same template works for ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, EACL, and other *ACL venues with minor configuration changes.
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Formatting Requirements
| Property | Specification |
|---|---|
| Layout | Two columns |
| Font Size | 11pt |
| Paper Size | US Letter |
| Document Class | acl_latex with acl style |
| Citation Style | Author-year, natbib |
| Page Limit | 8 pages (long) / 4 pages (short) |
| Required Sections | Limitations |
Key Dates
Submission
January 5, 2026 (via ARR)
Notification
April 4, 2026
Camera-Ready
April 19, 2026
Conference
July 2–7, 2026 — San Diego, California
NLP
Linguistics
8 pages
8 pages (long) / 4 pages (short)
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