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 # Release Notes
 
-## Version 1.0
+## Version 2.0
 
 ### Release Date
+09-14-2020
+           
+### Introduction
+We improved the AFP system based on feedback received from authors and statistics
+collected during one year of AFP v1.0 author submissions. We improved the definition of
+data types in the form and we refined our text mining algorithms to obtain better results.
+
+### Main Features
+- Implemented [TFIDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tf%E2%80%93idf#:~:text=In%20information%20retrieval%2C%20tf%E2%80%93idf,in%20a%20collection%20or%20corpus.) in place of simple thresholds to improve precision of gene and allele recognition
+- Improved datatype descriptions in "?" mouse-overs
+- Added FAQs and Release Notes
+
+## Version 1.0
+
+### Release date
 06-03-2019
 
-### Main Features:
+### Introduction
+We are proud to introduce our new AFP system, which leverages text mining to help authors curate
+their papers and send data to WormBase! The system replaces the previous form which required authors
+to submit data manually through free-text forms.</p>
+
+### Main Features
 - Automated extraction of biological entities from articles based on text mining
-- Extracted entities presented to author for validation through a newly designed web application
+- Extracted entities presented to author for validation through a newly designed web form
 - Additional data types can be manually entered by authors
 - Dashboard for curators to monitor submissions
 - Monthly notifications to curators with newly submitted data
 - Periodic email reminders to authors
-- More details in our paper published on Database: https://academic.oup.com/database/article/doi/10.1093/database/baaa006/5809234
+- More details in [our paper](https://academic.oup.com/database/article/doi/10.1093/database/baaa006/5809234) published on Database
 
 # References
 
diff --git a/src/backend/config.yml b/src/backend/config.yml
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                       <a href='mailto:contact@micropublication.org'>contact@micropublication.org</a> if you would like more<br/>
                       information about flagging your paper for curation or Micropublication.<br/>
                       Please accept our congratulations on your publication!<br/>
+                      <br/>
                       Best Wishes,<br/>
-                      WormBase"
+                      WormBase<br/>
+                      <br/>
+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/>
+                      We are happy to announce that we’ve released a new version of the Author First Pass (AFP) form.<br/>
+                      We’ve improved our methods for identifying relevant genes and alleles, and added an FAQs section
+                      to help guide you through the process. <br/> Full details are available in the
+                      <a href=\"https://github.com/WormBase/author-first-pass/tree/master#release-notes\">V2 Release Notes</a>.<br/>
+                      Thank you for your participation and feedback; we look forward to seeing your future submissions!<br/>"
 
   subject_empty: "Paper processed by AFP has empty entity lists: WBPaper{}"
   content_empty: "The paper:<br/>