THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE CALL FOR PAPERS EXPIRED ON
JUNE 1, 2009 AT 11:59 PM (EASTERN).

Primary Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their submission by August 15th, 2009

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Example Paper With Correct Formatting (Download in PDF format)

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS:

All papers must be submitted electronically and must be received by June 1, 2009. Papers must be submitted for review in only one (1) conference track. Hence, authors should identify the most suitable track relating to the subject matter. SMA 2009 has selected four tracks for paper submission to address the theme of the Conference.

2009 Conference Tracks:

Internal Marketing:
Product/Service Management, Purchasing/Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Sales Management, Volunteers, Employee Branding, etc.

External Marketing:
Promotional Mix, Advertising, Sponsorship, Relationship Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Customer Branding, etc.

Marketing Technology:
New Media, Internet, Communication Management via Digitized, Computerized, and/or Networked Technologies in Marketing, etc.

Market Analysis, Interpretation and Application:
Marketing Research, Marketing Information Systems, Pedagogy, etc.

All entries are to be submitted as competitive papers and are expected to adhere to the following guidelines.

Papers may be submitted for one of the following categories:
1. Oral presentation [30 minutes, including questions]
2. Symposium or roundtable [90 minutes]
3. Poster presentation

Papers must conform to the format instructions detailed below. Please keep an exact copy for future reference. Papers will be subjected to blind peer review. Authors will be notified of acceptance, rejection and/or suggested modifications as soon as the review process has been completed. Please see key dates for submission and revision deadlines. It is a condition of acceptance of the paper that at least one of the authors must attend the conference and present the paper. However, no author may present more than two papers at the conference.

• Paper Submission: June 1, 2009
• Notice of Acceptance: August 15, 2009
• Revision Submission and Confirmation of Attendance: September 15, 2009

The maximum length of a paper is 3000 words (inclusive of all figures, tables, technical appendices, and references.). For information, please find detailed below instructions on the correct formatting for all papers.

• Single-spaced throughout
• Times New Roman 12-point font
• 8.5 x 11 inch page formatting
• 1 inch margins on all sides
• Avoid footnotes if possible, otherwise put at the end before references
• Formatting and reference style should conform to the American Psychological Association Guidelines (5th edition) except as noted above.
  To assist in the process, a template has been developed that should be used for all submissions.

• Title page (the title should be short, simple, and clearly convey the focus of the paper)
• Abstract (summarize content)
• Body of paper (inclusive of all figures, tables, technical appendices, references, etc.).
• Figures and/or Tables (notations in the document should refer readers to figures and/or tables as appropriate)
• References

Reviewers for SMA 2009 conference will judge all manuscripts on the basis of their contributions to the development of sport marketing science or practice. Papers will be judged on their overall quality and their contribution to the theme of the conference. A SMA VII Best Paper Award will be selected and a plaque presented to the author(s) from submissions.

Papers submitted to the SMA should not be concurrently submitted for consideration to another conference or have been previously presented at another conference, and submitted papers should not be of work published or in press prior to June 1, 2009.

• Submissions must be sent using Microsoft Word -- please save the document as a .doc file.
• NOTE: Word 2007 formatted papers (.docx) may cause the online submission to reject the submission. Click File->Save As and choose (.doc).

When submitting the final version of paper, please be sure to use one line for each institution to name author(s) and university affiliation. Do not include author's title. Where there are two or more authors from the same institution please use one line for the institution.

Click Here for an example of a paper using the correct formatting.

Submitting files:
Submissions will include two files as noted below. The two files are to be submitted via the online process at the SMA website.

• A single page with author name(s), affiliation, and presentation category (i.e., 1, 2, or 3). The file should be posted using the format,
  lastname-firstnameTitle.doc
  
• Paper
  This file is the full paper with the elements noted above. DO NOT include any personal identifiers in this file. The file should be posted using the file name format,
  lastname-firstnamePaper.doc

Number of submissions:
There is a limit of two (2) possible presentations regardless of co-authorship or type of presentation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you are submitting a second paper, please submit your file as previously indicated but you MUST include a “2” after your first name. Example: the file should be labelled and submitted as lastname-firstname2Paper.doc. If you do not follow this step, your second upload may overwrite your first submission.

Publication of Papers:
All papers accepted for presentation following the formal review process will be published in the 2009 SMA Conference Proceedings. These proceedings will be provided to all conference delegates.

Paper Submission Deadline: 11:59 pm (est), June 1, 2009.

The lead author will be notified of acceptance or rejection of a paper by
August 15, 2009.