Don
Yoder Prize
Call
for Submissions
Deadline for Submissions
is September 15,
2007
The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the American Folklore
Society invites submissions for the Don Yoder Prize for the Best
Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife. The Don Yoder Prize
honorarium is $400.
Submissions: All research papers by
undergraduate or graduate students, written after January 1, 2005,
published or unpublished at the time of submission, and written on a
folk belief or religious folklife topic, broadly construed, are
eligible.
Interested applicants must submit the following materials for
consideration:
1. A cover letter specifying the date when the paper was written; the
conference, colloquium, or course where the paper has been or will be
submitted; or the publication in which it will be published.
2. Entries must be fully footnoted for a reading audience, using
Journal of American Folklore citation style.
3. The paper should be a minimum of 8 pages, double-spaced, with
one-inch margins. PLEASE NOTE: To
ensure blind judgment of papers, please remove name from the paper.
4. A short (100-word) biographical statement about the author and the
research.
5. A letter from a faculty sponsor endorsing submission of the paper.
Deadline: The online and postmark
deadline for submissions is September
15, 2007. Any materials received after this deadline will not be
considered.
Electronic submissions of papers are preferred. Papers and other
documents should be sent as Microsoft Word document attachments.
Printed copies may be sent to the address below; please do not submit
faxed items.
Confirmation of receipt for
electronic submissions will be sent. One submission per person, per
year, please. The Don Yoder Student Paper Prize will accept multiple
entries from a student for prize consideration; however, an individual
may only be awarded the prize only once.
The papers will be
evaluated by three judges who are members of both the American Folklore
Society and the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section. The winner
will be announced at the Section's business meeting at the Society's
annual meeting.
Written application
materials should be sent to: Maggie Kruesi, 533 9th St. N.E.,
Washington, DC 20002 or to Leonard Primiano at his address below. If
possible, please submit as e-mail attachments to mkru@loc.gov and to lprimiano@cabrini.edu
Please copy both of us.
Section conveners are:
Maggie Kruesi
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4610
E-mail: mkru@loc.gov
Leonard Norman Primiano
Department of Religious Studies
Cabrini College
610 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
E-mail: lprimiano@cabrini.edu
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