[Commlist] CFP: DiGRA Australia

We invite you to contribute to and attend the Digital Games Research 
Association Australia’s 13th annual Games Studies Conference. The 
three-day conference will be hosted at RMIT University, Melbourne CBD 
and will be held on Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, and Thursday 
4th February 2027. Registration is free.

Important dates
Friday September 18th 2026 – Submission Deadline
November 2026 – Notification of submission outcomes
Early December 2026 – Registration opens
December 15th 2026 – Camera-ready submissions due
Mid-January 2027 – Registration closes
February 2nd–4th 2027 – Conference
Details
The DiGRA Australia 2027 National Conference is an opportunity for games 
researchers, critics, designers, developers and artists at any career 
stages to share their work. We aim to provide an inclusive forum that 
reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Game Studies in Australia, and 
that allows interdisciplinary dialogues to critically engage with games, 
players, and the culture that surrounds them.
DiGRA Australia 2027 will be hosted RMIT University, Melbourne CBD 
Campus. It will run as a hybrid conference, allowing both online and 
in-person attendance and presentations.
As with previous years, there is no theme for DiGRAA27. We want to hear 
about whatever you in the local Game Studies community have been working on.
Submission process
There are two tracks at DiGRAA Conferences, the Extended Track and 
Practice Track. Submissions can be made to both tracks.
Extended Abstract Track
This is the traditional format for submissions to the DiGRAA conference. 
Extended abstracts are a maximum 800 words (excluding references)_using 
the DiGRA Australia Practice Track Template_ 
<https://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/DiGRA-Australia-2027-NTRO-Practice-Template.doc>.
Accepted extended abstracts will be presented at the conference as a 
15-minute talk. In-person presenters will present live, and online 
presenters will be requested to provide a pre-recorded video to minimise 
technical issues. All presenters, in-person and online, are expected to 
be present in their session for a live Q&A.
Submissions for DiGRA Australia are not anonymised. Submissions will be 
reviewed by the DiGRA Australia extended abstract programming committee.
Traditional track abstracts are to be submitted via the _Google Form at 
this link_ <https://forms.gle/ExWnAoLBCworhzVp8>.
Practice Track
Continuing the previous successful non-traditional research outputs 
(NTROs) submission format, we will be maintaining the practice track for 
DiGRAA 2027, specifically for those wishing to exhibit and present 
practical work at the conference. The practice track will be programmed 
as part of the conference and is designed to provide an opportunity for 
creative practitioners to exhibit and present their work at DiGRA Australia.
Submissions to the practice track include a description of the work and 
a research statement _using the DiGRA Australia Practice Track 
Template._ 
<https://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/DiGRA-Australia-2027-NTRO-Practice-Template.docx> Practice 
track submissions will be peer reviewed by the practice track 
programming committee and, like the extended abstract track, will not be 
anonymised.
Accepted works will be exhibited throughout the entirety of the 3-day 
conference. Exhibitors may opt in to also present a 5-minute lightning 
talk to further discuss their work during the conference. Descriptions 
and images of accepted works will be archived on the DiGRAA website.
Practice track submissions are via the _Google Form at this link_ 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaIRLJU5qRjTTfAc1N0Pe2QOCkKsWXyzzlzwJmbFBx-mdo-g/viewform?usp=publish-editor>.
/Submission rules/
To ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to present 
their work, only one submission may be made per lead author, per 
submission type, and individuals may present only one paper per 
submission type during the conference. Thus, you may submit to the 
extended track as well as the practice track as the lead author. There 
is no limit on secondary authorship.
To present at DiGRAA 2027 in either track, you will need to be a _member 
_ <https://digraa.org/digraa-membership/>of DiGRA Australia. Membership 
is optional for non-presenting authors. You do not need to be a member 
at the time of submission. You do not need to be a member of DiGRA 
International. DiGRA Australia conferences have a ‘grey list’ policy for 
accepted submissions that are withdrawn with no reason provided, or for 
which the presenter simply does not attend.
By participating in DiGRAA 2027, you agree to uphold the Association’s 
_Code of Conduct_ <https://digraa.org/digraa-code-of-conduct/> and 
_Authorship Policy_ <https://digraa.org/authorship-policy/>.
Travel Bursaries
DiGRAA will be providing up to 9 travel bursaries of up to $500 each to 
research students and early career, non-waged researchers. One travel 
bursary will be reserved for an Indigenous, Aboriginal or Torres Strait 
Islander applicant.
Recipients of DiGRAA Travel Bursaries must have an accepted contribution 
to the conference (whether in the extended abstract or practice track).
After you have completed your extended abstract or practice track 
submission, please also submit your _travel bursary application here_ 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMQaluLHW-Iey7tL7cENySBY7Goyud_oRmMfaXFCdjrcgTow/viewform?usp=header>.
If you have your abstract/practice track submission accepted, then your 
travel bursary application will be reviewed.
Tips for authors
We advise potential authors to review the papers from previous DiGRA 
Australia conferences as a guide to the expected tone and quality. These 
are available at _digraa.org_ <http://digraa.org/>. Some further tips:

  * We welcome submissions that explore both in-progress and complete
    works, but they should represent novel scholarship. If the
    submission resembles previously published work, we recommend the
    author explicitly identify the additional contribution of their
    DiGRA Australia submission.
  * Make the novel contributions of the paper clear. Do not spend the
    bulk of the abstract describing the research context and background.
  * Papers can present any kind of research, analysis or commentary, but
    should be written so that the importance of the work can be
    understood by reviewers working in different disciplines or using
    different approaches.
  * We strongly recommend that submissions articulate the issue or
    research question to be discussed, the methodological or critical
    framework used, the findings or conclusions to be presented, and/or
    the relevance to the wider game studies discipline.
  * Submissions are expected to have references to reflect the author’s
    engagement with existing scholarship.


Conference organising committee
Dr Stephanie Harkin – RMIT University, Melbourne
Dr James Manning – RMIT University, Melbourne

https://digraa.org/post/cfp-digra-australia-2027/ 
<https://digraa.org/post/cfp-digra-australia-2027/>



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