Submissions are now closed. Our Community Review Panel has begun reviewing and will turn submissions over to our Organizing Team shortly. Applicants should expect to hear back in December 2018.
Thank you so much for your interest in speaking at WordCamp Phoenix! Our event isn’t possible without generous, talented folks like yourselves taking the time to apply, prepare and share their gifts. We appreciate how much work this is and are grateful for everyone who volunteers.
Tips for Submission
- Spellcheck, check for placeholder text and use correct capitalization for WordPress and WordCamp.
- Please submit no more than three proposals. Multiple submissions are definitely not required, but only help your chances.
- Your talk title, description and short bio will be copied as-is.
- Review our schedules from 2016, 2017 and 2018 (and other WordCamps) for inspiration and guidance on title, description and bio length.
- The WordCamp AV form is required for speaker submissions. You can download the AV form here, sign and take a picture or scan and upload with your application.
What to Expect
- Speaker submissions end midnight on Thursday, November 1st.
- If selected, you will be expected to check-in at the venue at least an hour before you go on stage and plan to attend half the event.
- Submissions first go through a blind vetting (stripped of identifying info) by a few trusted local community members.
- Our organizing committee then reviews applications, taking blind reviews into account.
- We will post updates here and on social media, aiming to reach out to applicants in Mid-November & Early December 2018. Applicants will have five business days to confirm before we move to backups.
- There are a limited number of slots, fewer than 25-30% can be selected and many brilliant submissions don’t make the schedule for a variety of reasons. We wish we could have everyone share their talents, but we will email everyone letting them know the status of their submission(s).