Best Paper Award Submission Instructions

Please read through the instructions carefully before submitting your paper for consideration for a Best Paper award.

Best Paper Award Formatting Guidelines

(Applies to all 2026 award papers)

  • Language: English
  • Spacing: Double-spaced 
  • Font size: 12 point
  • Margins: 1 inch on all sides
  • Paper size: A4 or 8.5 x 11 inches
  • Length: Maximum 40 pages (including all text, tables, and figures)

References are not included in the 40-page maximum. Just include them after the full manuscript.

All other style choices are up to the author.

Required Files

To ensure a blind review, applicants must submit two PDF files: 

  1. Author information file
    • Paper title
    • All authors’ names, affiliations, titles, and contact information
    • Abstract
    • File name format: AuthorLastName + abstract number (example: Smith123.pdf)
  2. Blind review file
    • Paper title, abstract, full paper text, references, tables, and figures
    • No author names or identifying information
    • File name format: abstract number only (example: 123.pdf)
  3. Student Attestation (if submitting for Best Student Paper or Daniel K. Lew Best Paper Award)

Submission Deadline

  • Deadline: Tuesday, 24 March 2026 (UPDATED)
  • Time: 11:59 PM PDT (UTC -7)
  • Submission method: Email to [email protected]

Review Process

All Best Paper Award submissions are reviewed using a double-blind review process. This means:

  • Reviewers do not know the authors’ names.
  • Authors do not know the reviewers’ names.

This process helps ensure a fair and objective review.

Eligibility Requirements

See each individual paper award description for specific eligibility requirements. To submit a paper for any IIFET 2026 Best Paper Award:

  • Your abstract must be accepted by the IIFET 2026 Scientific Committee for presentation at the conference.
  • You must meet all additional eligibility rules listed on the specific paper award information page.

Republication & Proceedings

IIFET does not claim copyright of papers included in the conference proceedings. You may submit your paper to a journal after the conference.

Journal policies on prior publication vary. Most economics journals do not consider non-peer-reviewed conference proceedings to be prior publication. Authors are encouraged to revise their paper after the conference, using feedback received, before submitting it to a journal. Always check the publication policy of the journal you plan to submit to.