This article calls for convention papers to be presented at the 1969 annual convention of the Speech Association of America to be held on December 27 to 30, 1969 in New York City. Contributed papers about behavioral sciences should be sent to Robert Kibler of the Department of Speech at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana not later than April 15. Papers on general semantics are divided into three areas: history and philosophy of general semantics, research in general semantics and pedagogy of general semantics. While papers on all topics related to speech and hearing disorders will be welcomed. Papers related to the following topics are particularly requested: speech for the culturally deprived, speech and the mentally retarded, public school speech and hearing services, healthy voice for speech and recent research on diagnosis and therapy. Three copies of a paper, abstract or prospectus on undergraduate speech instruction should be sent to Charles R. Gruner by April 1. The address is Department of Speech, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508. Subject matter should relate to theory and, or research pertaining to the processes and problems of undergraduate speech instruction. Papers or abstracts of proposed papers dealing with central concepts, configurations, gestalts or criteria appropriate for developing a program of graduate education in speech should be sent by April to Wayne Brockriede at the Department of Speech and Drama, University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.