SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

All papers submitted for presentation at the Metalcasting Congress and/or publication in AFS Transactions must arrive in the AFS Metalcasting offices (Schaumburg, IL) by September 15. All papers submitted for publication or presentation must meet this submission deadline, including all papers relating to AFS or industry sponsored research, special committee reports such as Silver Anniversary and other special lectures. Papers received past the September 15 deadline will not be processed or accepted. All papers submitted for publication will be peer reviewed.

Author's Guide (Click Here)
Everything you need to know about submitting a paper to AFS. Complete guide for paper submission, including the "Offer of Paper" form, style guidelines, check-list of components and commercialism guidelines.

AFS Paper Template (Click here)
Use this template to write your paper. All papers must be submitted in the AFS template format.

AFS Style Palette (Click here) 

PowerPoint Template Blue (Click here)
PowerPoint Template Green (Click here)
PowerPoint Template Red (Click here) 

PowerPoint templates - choices for creating your presentation for the Metalcasting Congress. All Metalcasting Congress PowerPoint presentations must be submitted on one of these design templates. Any presentation submitted on a different style template will be converted to an approved AFS template design prior to presenting at Congress. If you are having trouble downloading a template, right click on the appropriate link and use the "save as" menu item. This allows you to save the file to your machine locally.