COLM 2026 deadline
Conference on Language Modeling
October 6-8, 2026 · Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, USA
All deadlines for this edition have passed.
Key dates
Abstract / registration
Thu, Mar 26, 2026 · 23:59 AoE
Full paper
Tue, Mar 31, 2026 · 23:59 AoE
Conference
October 6-8, 2026 · Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, USA
What COLM reviewers will look for
COLM asks reviewers to weigh five dimensions without mechanistic measures of quality: Empiricism, Data and Evaluation; Technological Impact; Ambition, Vision, Forward-outlook; Understanding Depth, Principled Approach; and Clarity, Honesty and Trust. Weakness on one dimension is not an automatic reject, especially for ambitious and honest work, while strength on one does not compensate for being very weak on others. Small-scale work should not be penalized for lacking large compute. Reviews of accepted papers become public.
- Overall score
- Rating, 1–10 (top: “Top 5% of accepted papers, seminal paper”)
- Written fields
- Summary · Reasons To Accept · Reasons To Reject · Questions To Authors · Ethics Concerns
- Author checklist
- COLM author statements, 4 items
Where the bar sits. COLM accepted 28.9% in 2024. Accepted papers averaged about 6.4–6.5 on the 1–10 rating in 2024 and 2025 (Paper Copilot). Rough rule: mean ≥ 6 competitive, 5.25–6 borderline.
LLM policy for reviewers
COLM 2026 requires reviewers to disclose any LLM use, cosmetic or substantive; reviewers remain fully responsible for their reviews.
Official policy