Regular paper
Full research papers submitted directly to the conference or via ARR commitments.
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INLG 2026
19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation
INLG 2026 is the 19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation, taking place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from October 17–21, 2026. It brings together researchers to present and discuss advances in natural language generation, including system demonstrations, shared tasks, and workshops focused on emerging architectures, evaluation methods, and real-world applications.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
System demo paper
Papers describing system demonstrations, with the same submission deadline as regular papers.
Non-archival submission
Submissions that will not be archived in the proceedings, with a later deadline than regular papers.
Research areas in scope
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Workshops and Tutorials
Long-Form Analogy Evaluation ChallengeAlternative Architectures and Generative Paradigms for NLGYNLG 2026 - The 2nd Workshop for Young Researchers in Natural Language GenerationWorkshop for Industrial NLP: NLP Research Towards Safety, Reliability, and Real-World ImpactThe 4th Workshop of AI Werewolf and Dialog System 2026 (AIWolfDial2026)Beyond Leaderboards: Evaluation Practices for Open-Ended and Perspectival NLG
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions can be made via direct submission or ARR commitments.
- All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).
- Camera-ready versions are due by September 7, 2026.
- Non-archival submissions have a separate deadline (August 22, 2026).
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026