How to submit to ICLR (2026)

Key facts

Full name

International Conference on Learning Representations

Kind

Conference

Field

Representation learning, deep learning

Next cycle

ICLR 2027

Page limit

10 pages + refs

Template

Official ICLR template

On Lumina

$250 per paper

Deadlines

As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.

Formatting and submission rules

• 10 pages of main content
• Double-blind during review; OpenReview platform
• Public reviews + author rebuttals
• Reproducibility statement required

A roadmap that counts back from the deadline

Each step counts back from the submission deadline.

1. 20 weeks beforeFrame the contribution

   A 1-sentence claim + an experiment that would falsify it. Map it to the venue's scope.

2. 18 weeks beforeLiterature review

   Find prior work the reviewer will expect you to cite. 12-20 papers, 2-line summary each.

3. 17 weeks beforeReproduce baselines

   Get a published baseline working on your data first. Log seeds and configs.

4. 15 weeks beforeMain experiments

   Run your method vs. baselines across 3+ seeds.

5. 4 weeks beforeAblations

   Strip components; isolate what your contribution actually adds.

6. 3 weeks beforeFull draft v1

   Every section. Aim for ugly-but-complete, not polished-but-partial.

7. 2 weeks beforeInternal review pass

   Have a peer or mentor read it. Address every confusion before reviewers see it.

8. 1 week beforePolish + reproducibility kit

   Clean figures, captions, code release, supplementary, ethics statement.

9. Deadline weekSubmit

   Upload PDF + supplementary by venue deadline (AoE in most cases).

What Lumina does for a ICLR submission

Venue Fit checks that ICLR is the right target for the paper. The Guided Builder writes it in ICLR's format, the Manuscript Audit re-checks the statistics and the claims the way a reviewer would, the Submission Checklist runs the venue's rules before you upload, and deadline reminders keep the roadmap above honest. Every tool needs a free account; preparing a paper for ICLR is $250, paid once per paper.

Format your paper for ICLR — free to start See the roadmap

Questions

Lumina is not affiliated with International Conference on Learning Representations; submission decisions are the venue's alone.

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