UIST 2026

Announcements

• Page Limit Reintroduced for UIST 2026 Papers This year we have decided to reintroduce a fixed page limit for papers. The limit is 10 pages for standard length papers and 5 pages for short papers in the two-column format (excluding references and appendices). Papers that exceed the limit will be desk rejected.

  February 2026

  This year we have decided to reintroduce a fixed page limit for papers. The limit is 10 pages for standard length papers and 5 pages for short papers in the two-column format (excluding references and appendices). Papers that exceed the limit will be desk rejected.

  Dear prospective UIST 2026 authors,

  The best UIST papers have always been dense with ideas, not pages, and we're bringing back the limit to keep it that way. The success of our conference has also meant a steady increase in submissions, and a page limit will help ensure a manageable workload for our reviewers and program committee members.

  We recognize that many members of our community do work that is better communicated through images than through text. One alternative would be to provide a word limit rather than a page limit. However, words are difficult to count for both authors and reviewers, while page count can be seen at a glance. To accommodate visually heavy contributions, we are flexible about the length of the appendix within the submitted PDF, where extra supporting images, figures, code snippets, and other supporting material can be placed. However, do note that the main paper body should be fully readable without referring to the appendix. We also encourage authors to explicitly reference the accompanying video from the paper. The videos have always been essential to many UIST contributions.

  If your paper is accepted, the reviewers will likely request some changes. To make space for this, you will be allowed to increase the paper by 10% for the final version (1 page for standard length papers, half a page for short papers).

  We hope you will embrace this change and distill your excellent research into focused gems.