Submission Guidelines for SWPA Affiliates Organizations (Psi Chi, SAMR, SCPA, SWToP, TPA)

• All Psi Chi submissions will automatically be entered into the Psi Chi research competition.
  
• All submissions to the Psi Chi portion of the program should follow the SWPA abstract submission process (e.g. word length, format, etc.).  However, on the first page of the abstract submission process, be sure to indicate Psi Chi as the group to which you are submitting.
• If a Psi Chi member wishes to submit to the SWPA student competition, then indicate that group rather than Psi Chi as the group to which you are submitting.  As part of the SWPA student competition submission process, there will be a step to also indicate that you are also a Psi Chi member.  If you check this box, and your SWPA competition submission does not make the top 5 finalists, then the SWPA program chair will know to send your abstract submission to Psi Chi to be included in our program and be considered for the Psi Chi research competition.
• Please note that all authors / co-authors of Psi Chi submissions must be dues current SWPA student members prior to submitting an abstract.  Follow the online instructions for creating a member profile and paying dues.
• Send questions to Dr. Evan Zucker (zucker@loyno.edu)

• Anyone is welcome to submit a poster to this session -- not just SAMR members.  Use the SWPA submission process. Select the SAMR organization as the organization to which you are submitting.
  
• Posters that are submitted to SAMR should follow SWPA guidelines for posters – with the following exception: SAMR will accept posters that describe a “work in progress” (i.e. do not have to have results and conclusion).  Preliminary results may be substituted with a preliminary discussion of findings.
• Any content area may be covered (e.g., Social/Personality, Experimental, Cognitive, Developmental)
• We are looking for posters that highlight the quantitative approach to addressing research questions, whether from experimental, quasi-experimental, or non-experimental design OR...
• Posters that highlight measurement issues or the development or evaluation of psychological measures
• Posters may either illustrate work in progress or a completed research study
• Awards of $50, $30 and $20 will be given to the three top posters

• Select SWToP as the organization to which you are submitting.
• Presenting authors must be dues paid SWPA members (i.e. at minimum the first author).  Additional authors may be  dues-paid SWPA members or  non-members. 
  
• Pedagogical research abstracts should follow the guidelines outlined for SWPA abstract submissions.
• Instructional methods and teaching demonstration abstracts should include three sections: Purpose, Audience and Implications.
• If you have questions, please contact Dr. Marcel Kerr at (mskerr@txwes.edu)

• Individuals who wish to submit to SCPA should be a member of SCPA.  Contact Dr. Jesse Purdy (purdy@southwestern.edu) to join.
  
• Abstracts should follow the guidelines outlined for SWPA talk abstract submissions.  Select SCPA as the organization to which you are submitting.
  
• Awards will be given for the best undergraduate and graduate talks.

• TPA will accept poster and talk submissions that focus on the practice of psychology (use the SPWA guidelines).
• Select TPA as the organization to which you are submitting.
  
• TPA will also accept workshop / symposia submissions that focus on research and practice.  We are looking for research that ties in with the practice community.  Sessions that qualify for Continuing Education Credit will be scheduled for 2-hour slots (preferred).  Other workshops and symposia will be scheduled for 1-1.5 hours, depending upon the number of presenters and organization of the session.
• You do not need to be a member of TPA to submit to TPA sessions.