Some important AFS prize deadlines are coming up. Chicago Folklore Prize submissions are due April 1, and May 1 is the deadline for the AFS Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award, the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership, and the Judith McCulloh Award for Lifetime Service to the Field.

The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for The Don Yoder Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife, with an honorarium of $500.  The prize was named for folklorist and religious studies scholar, Don Yoder (1921-2015), an expert on American sectarian religions who established the study of folklife and religious folklife in the United States.

The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the William A. Wilson Prize for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife, with an honorarium of $250.  The prize was named for folklorist, editor, and archivist William Albert “Bert” Wilson (1933-2016), scholar of the Finnish Kalevala and of Mormon folklore.

Flower City Folk (FCF), a newly established folklife program in Rochester, New York, now serves individuals living in Rochester and the surrounding communities by supporting and documenting diverse folklife, facilitating related educational opportunities, and connecting community members to local, state, and federal arts resources.

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