Fellowship · Folklore; Religious Studies
Don Yoder Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife
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- Amount
- $500
- Program type
- Fellowship
- Field
- Folklore; Religious Studies
- Eligible career stages
- graduate students
About this program
The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the American Folklore Society offers the Don Yoder Prize, a $500 honorarium awarded annually for the best graduate student paper on a topic in folk belief or religious folklife. Eligible entries are research papers in English by current graduate students written after January 1 of the previous year (published or unpublished); one submission per person and prior section student-prize winners are ineligible (William A. Wilson undergraduate winners may later apply). Submissions must be 8–36 double-spaced pages (12-pt font, one-inch margins), anonymized for blind review, fully footnoted in Journal of American Folklore style, and include a cover letter stating the paper date and venue, a 100-word biographical statement confirming graduate status, and a faculty sponsor’s letter. All materials must be submitted electronically via the AFS prize application form by July 15.
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