The 2027 NCPH Annual Meeting will be held next April in St. Louis, MO. The theme for the meeting is “Holding the Line.” Proposal submissions are due June 15, 2026.
Calls for Submissions
AFS and the Center for Craft welcome submissions from folklore scholars, craft scholars, and craftspeople to present during the 138th Annual Meeting of the AFS to be held in Asheville, NC from October 27–31, 2026.
Editors of a planned open access sourcebook for histories of weather and weathering are inviting contributions to their volume. Types of source include folklore and tradition. Proposals are due September 4, 2026.
The 2026 issue of Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica will cover articles in English or German about "The Sociocultural Benefits of Integration Processes." Submissions are due May 1, 2026.
The History and Folklore Section of the AFS invites submissions for the Wayland D. Hand Prize to recognize an outstanding book in English that combines historical and folkloristic content and perspectives. Submissions are due June 1, 2026.
The AFS-MLA Liaison Committee invites proposals for papers on the theme of "Emancipatory Narratives" for the 2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention. Submissions are due March 25, 2026.
The Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives (BMUFA) at the Kule Folklore Centre, University of Alberta invites proposals for two Residency Projects to work with the BMUFA collections. Applications are due March 20, 2026.
Two International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) working groups, in cooperation with the IDEAS (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS) will present a symposium with participatory roundtable discussions this May. Proposals are due February 20, 2026.
Wiki Loves Folklore is an international media contest where participants can contribute photographs, video, and audio about their local folk culture to Wikimedia Commons. This year's contest runs from February 1 through March 31, 2026. A separate Feminism and Folklore Writing Contest is being held at the same time.
The Southern Foodways Alliance oral history program invites experienced oral historians to submit proposals for oral history projects. Applications are due March 16, 2026.