AFS has received a bequest representing the bulk of Leonard Norman Primiano’s estate to support new awards and activities for the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section as well as for the administration of at least three new section prizes.
Prizes
The deadline for the Benjamin A. Botkin Prize for lifetime achievement in public folklore has been extended to September 15.
Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for two prizes offered by the AFS Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section.
The new AFS Gerald L. Davis Grant creates new pathways for engagement in the field to better support new and returning BIPOC members.
The Folk Arts and Material Culture Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for its annual Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Student Paper in Folk Art and Material Culture. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2022.
The AFS Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Women’s Section have extended the deadline for their Annual Meeting Award to August 15, 2022.
The Women's Section of the American Folklore Society has extended the deadline for its Polly Stewart Student Travel Stipend to August 15, 2022.
The AFS Public Programs Section has extended the deadline for applications to its Archie Green Student Travel Award to August 15.
The Transnational Asia/Pacific Section of the American Folklore Society has extended the application deadline for its Saboohi I. Khan Award for Student Scholarship in Asian and Asian American Folklore. Submissions are due by August 15, 2022.
AFS is taking applications for the Zora Neale Hurston Prize. Submissions are due by August 15, 2022.