2005 Call for papers or presentations:

This is a statewide competition that offers students:

• certificates of merit acknowledging contribution of all submissions
• winning submissions receive a monetary award
• the very best submissions are published in a regional journal of folklore

We encourage any visual, musical, or theatrical presenta-tion, performance or exhibition. Judging deference favors successfully inclusion of original field research on folklore.

2005 competition topic ‘suggested' by the
Kansas Folklore Society President:

"Local Legends & Family Sagas:
—stories, songs, and secrets passed down around kitchen tables, campfires and long car trips."

However, this ‘suggestion' is meant only to spur the imagination toward potential research subjects. Any well-documented presentation or paper on folklore submitted is judged on its own merit, regardless of topic suggested.

Presentations by finalists to the Kansas Folklore Society at its 2005 Annual Conference—where the winning paper is rewarded— are to be condensed to 20 minutes in length.

The Deadline for the 2005 competition is April 1^st, 2005. Semi-finalists will be notified by May 1^st, 2005.