First awarded in 1904, the Chicago Folklore Prize is the oldest international award recognizing excellence in folklore scholarship, offered jointly by the American Folklore Society and the University of Chicago. It is given annually to the author(s) of the best book-length work of folklore scholarship published in the 15 months prior to the April 15 submission deadline. Entries are accepted from scholars worldwide across folklore, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, literary study, and anthropology, among other fields.
- OtherWorks submitted must be monographs published in the 15 months prior to the annual submission deadline of April 15
- OtherWe will not consider articles, dissertations, reissues of older works (unless they have been substantially revised and rewritten), editions of works by others, or works-in-progress for the prize
- OtherWe will not consider articles, dissertations, reissues of older works (unless they have been substantially revised and rewritten), editions of works by others, or works-in-progress for the prize
- CycleAnnual
- StatusOpen
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