COLM 2027 deadline
Conference on Language Modeling
Not announced yet. The dates below are projected from COLM 2026 (same dates, one year on). They will update here when the call for papers is out.
Abstract / registration deadline
~5 months
- Anywhere on Earth
- ~Fri, Mar 26, 2027 · 23:59 AoE
- As published
- AoE
Key dates
Abstract / registration
~Fri, Mar 26, 2027 · 23:59 AoE
Full paper
~Wed, Mar 31, 2027 · 23:59 AoE
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