# Acl Workflow

Use when planning an ACL project calendar across ACL Rolling Review cycles, covering...

- Repository: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills (1346 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-27
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## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-workflow -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-workflow -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-workflow -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-workflow -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`

## Description

Use when planning an ACL project calendar across ACL Rolling Review cycles, covering cycle selection against conference commitment windows, backward planning from an ARR deadline, the review-response-meta-review timeline, commitment decisions, resubmission loops to later cycles, and camera-ready through ACL Anthology publication.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# ACL Workflow

Use this as the project-management layer for an ACL paper. Unlike one-deadline
conferences, ACL runs on a **cycle-and-commit** rhythm: pick an ARR cycle, ride
its ~10-week review train, then decide at the commitment window whether to send
the package to the conference or loop back for another cycle.

ACL is a conference with rotating per-edition program committees, not a
journal: there is no standing editor and no APC. Costs are registration-based,
and Anthology publication is free and open access.

## The 2026 rhythm as a worked anchor

ACL 2026 (64th edition, San Diego, July 2-7, 2026) drew from the ARR October
2025 and January 2026 cycles:

| Milestone | Date (verified for ACL 2026) |
|---|---|
| ARR January cycle submission | January 5, 2026 |
| Reviews + meta-reviews to authors | by March 9-10, 2026 |
| Commitment to ACL 2026 | March 14, 2026 |
| Acceptance notification | April 4, 2026 |
| Camera-ready | April 19, 2026 |
| Conference | July 2-7, 2026 |

## Which cycle reaches which conference

The commitment table is the part authors get wrong, because it is set by ARR and not by
the conference: a cycle can only commit to the venues ARR lists against it, so "I will
aim for ACL" is a decision about *which month to submit to ARR*, often two or three
cycles ahead. As published on `aclrollingreview.org/dates` (re-read 2026-08-27):

| Venue | Final ARR submission | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| EMNLP 2026 · AACL 2026 | May 25, 2026 | August 2, 2026 |
| EACL 2027 | August 3, 2026 | October 11, 2026 |
| NAACL 2027 · COLING 2027 | October 12, 2026 | December 20, 2026 |
| **ACL 2027** (Kyoto, Aug 17-22, 2027) | **January 2027** | not yet posted |

The rest: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/blob/HEAD/ACL-Skills/skills/acl-workflow/SKILL.md