diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/events_controller.rb
index b24882f3..f5e68165 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/events_controller.rb
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ module Admin
     def event_params
       params.require(:event).permit(
                                     # Set also in proposals controller
-                                    :title, :subtitle, :event_type_id, :abstract, :description, :require_registration, :difficulty_level_id,
+                                    :title, :subtitle, :event_type_id, :abstract, :submission_text, :description, :require_registration, :difficulty_level_id,
                                     # Set only in admin/events controller
                                     :track_id, :state, :language, :is_highlight, :max_attendees,
                                     # Not used anymore?
diff --git a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
index adfdbea0..bf1b3adc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ProposalsController < ApplicationController
 
   def event_params
     params.require(:event).permit(:event_type_id, :track_id, :difficulty_level_id,
-                                  :title, :subtitle, :abstract, :description,
+                                  :title, :subtitle, :abstract, :submission_text, :description,
                                   :require_registration, :max_attendees, :language,
                                   speaker_ids: [], volunteer_ids: []
                                  )
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 0370926b..dd86efec 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
   before_create :generate_guid
 
   validate :abstract_limit
+  validate :submission_limit
   validate :before_end_of_conference, on: :create
   validates :title, presence: true
   validates :abstract, presence: true
@@ -217,6 +218,10 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
     abstract.to_s.split.size
   end
 
+  def submission_word_count
+    submission_text.to_s.split.size
+  end
+
   def self.get_state_color(state)
     COLORS[state.to_sym] || '#00FFFF' # azure
   end
@@ -353,6 +358,18 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
     errors.add(:abstract, "cannot have more than #{max_words} words") if len > max_words
   end
 
+   def submission_limit
+    # If we don't have an event type, there is no need to count anything
+    return unless event_type && submission_text
+
+    len = submission_text.split.size
+    max_words = event_type.maximum_abstract_length
+    min_words = event_type.minimum_abstract_length
+
+    errors.add(:submission_text, "cannot have less than #{min_words} words") if len < min_words
+    errors.add(:submission_text, "cannot have more than #{max_words} words") if len > max_words
+  end
+
   # TODO: create a module to be mixed into model to perform same operation
   # venue.rb has same functionality which can be shared
   # TODO: rename guid to UUID as guid is specifically Microsoft term