Conference Abstract Submission Instructions

Submit an abstract using the form below to be considered for a presentation at the Creation Research Society Conference. All abstracts should be submitted by April 15th, 2025. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their abstract for presentation in May.  

Abstract Submission Guidelines: 

• An abstract should introduce the relationship of the research to questions of origin and/or biblical creation.  It should discuss the research methods used and the results obtained.  It should finish with conclusions about the significance of the research to a creation model. 
• Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
• Do not include information about author's affiliation or name in the abstract text.
• The research being presented must be currently in progress or already completed but not yet published. Proposals for future research projects or already published research will earn lower rankings in the review process.
• Each submitted abstract should list all authors and their contact email information. Please designate which author will be the presenter at the conference.
• Each abstract should also be sponsored or presented by a voting member of the Creation Research Society. This sponsorship can be either as an author or as a non-author sponsor.
• If an author submits more than one abstract, priority will be given to the higher ranking abstract (see review process below). No presenter will be awarded more than two presentations (but can be a co-author on additional abstracts).
• It is expected that all presentations will be delivered using PowerPoint or other electronic digital visual aids and that all presenters will comply with time restrictions (including time for Q/A).
• All abstracts must be submitted by April 15, 2025, after which abstracts will be reviewed for content, quality, and originality.

Abstract Review/Selection Process:

• Abstracts are randomized to remove time-of-submission effects and to separate multiple submissions.
• Each abstract is read by at least 3 reviewers.
  Each reviewer assigns the abstract a score on a 15 point scale based on the rubric below.
• The scores from all reviewers are averaged.
• The average score is used to rank the abstracts.
• Depending on the number of speaking slots available, a cutoff is determined to select the top abstracts.
• Abstracts are reidentified and speakers with more than one abstract that made the cut-off will be awarded their highest ranking abstract.