The JAF Editorial Collective invites submissions addressing any aspect of generative AI and folklore for a themed issue of the Journal of American Folklore. Submissions are due March 1, 2026.
Calls for Submissions
The WSFS Annual Meeting next year will be held at the University of Oregon, April 16–18, 2026. The theme for the conference is “Folklore as a Resource—Old and New.” Paper submissions are due February 1, 2026.
A symposium exploring how proverbs, plant-lore, legends, and beliefs emerge unexpectedly in lexicographic and toponymic works will be held at the University of Bergen next April. Abstracts are due December 1, 2025.
New Directions in the Study of Everyday Life, Past and Present is a new book series (Berghahn Books) that will publish monographs and edited volumes from both ethnology and folklore studies focused on the study of the everyday broadly defined.
The AFS community is invited to attend the 2026 PSA Annual Meeting, which will be held April 1–4 in Long Beach, CA on Tongva/Gabrieleño and Acjachemen Homelands. Submissions are due October 15, 2025 except for undergraduate students.
The 2026 Gods and Monsters Conference on the theme of "Communities and their Monsters" will be held at Texas State University next March. Proposals are due October 15, 2025.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore invites articles for a special issue of the journal on the theme of "Metamorphosis – studies in changing relations between people and supernatural beings." Abstracts are due December 15, 2025.
Lorefest is an annual festival combining scholarly research and creative practice inspired by local and “glocal” folklore. Abstracts are due October 3, 2025 to participate in its one-day symposium this year.
The Pennsylvania Center for Folklore is looking for items for the fall/winter issue of its newsletter, Pennsylvania Folklore News. Submissions are due November 10, 2025.
The 2025 Journal of Folklore and Education (JFE) "Cultural Frameworks for Transformative Documenting and Learning" is now freely available. The theme for the 2026 JFE will be "Teaching with Monsters: From Whimsy to Shadow." It is accepting submissions until April 1, 2026.