Sirens is presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc., an educational 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to bringing together diverse groups to share their knowledge, skills, and perspectives. We feel strongly that authors, readers, teachers, librarians, publishing industry professionals, and others have a wealth of knowledge to share, and we invite all potential Sirens attendees to propose papers, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions for inclusion in our programming schedule. When we refer to programming, we generally mean the scholarly studies and discussions proposed by attendees and selected by our vetting board.

All of Sirens's programming will be presented by our attendees or our guests of honor. We have no required qualifications to submit, other than that the presenter be of age to attend the conference; instead, we simply require that all proposals be thoughtfully prepared for presentation. A vetting board representing the diversity of our attendees will review all proposals and determine which to include in the 2012 programming schedule for Sirens.

The deadline to submit a proposal for a presentation is May 6, 2012. Please reference the Call for Proposals, presentation guidelines, and vetting board pages for more information, and if you still have questions or concerns, we welcome inquiries at (programming at sirensconference.org). Finally, an informal (but very much recommended) series on preparing proposals is offered occasionally on the Sirens LiveJournal, under the programming tag for posts.