Dear Python User: I am pleased to be able to announce that the submission process for PyCon DC 2004 is now open. Please direct your browser to http://submit.pycon.org/ and create your account by entering your email address and leaving the password field blank - a password will be sent to you by email, and you can submit your paper! Please remember that your submissions should ideally be in a single file, containing HTML or the reStructured Text format. Ultimately we would like to publish all accepted papers on the web, and these rules should make it easier to do so. Send enquiries about other formats to pycon-organizers@python.org If your paper is accepted and you prepare an electronic presentation (in PDF, PythonPoint or PowerPoint) we will also happily publish that on the web site when PyCon is over. We are interested in any and all submissions about uses of Python and the development of the language. Since there is expected to be a strong educational community presence for the next PyCon, teaching materials of various kinds are also encouraged. Please help us to make the next PyCon even better than the first one. See you in March! Sincerely Steve Holden Chairman PyCon DC 2004