It's time to apply for our annual spring awards. The Patrick B. Mullen Graduate Prize is funded by the Patrick B. Mullen Endowment Fund, which was established in recognition of the contribution and influence of Pat Mullen on the folklore program and on folklore students at The Ohio State University. The Mullen Endowment is a way of continuing a legacy of excellence in folklore not only at OSU but throughout the nation and world.  The Daniel R. Barnes Undergraduate Prize honors beloved emeritus professor Daniel R. Barnes, who taught folklore and literature courses in Ohio State's Department of English from 1967 until 1995.

The Patrick B. Mullen Graduate Prize is a $200 cash award for the best OSU folklore graduate student paper written during the academic year by a graduate student who is actively engaged in the folklore community at OSU, participates in activities of the OSU Center for Folklore Studies and the Folklore Student Association, and takes courses taught by folklore faculty. Scroll down for instructions on how to apply. 

The Daniel R. Barnes Undergraduate Prize is a $200 cash award for the year's best folklore paper by an OSU undergraduate. The paper must be written by a current OSU undergraduate in a folklore course, OR a student enrolled in the folklore minor or concentration OR an active member of the Folklore Student Association. Scroll down for instructions on how to apply. 

The deadline to apply for either prize is April 14. Winners will be announced at the CFS spring picnic in late April. For instructions and more information, go to our website or email Megan Moriarty, Humanities Institute Communications Specialist, at moriarty.8@osu.edu. 

The Patrick B. Mullen Graduate Prize

Eligible papers:

• Must be written by current OSU folklore graduate students.
• Must have been written within the last 12 months.
• Must not have been previously published.
• Only one paper submission per student.
• The student must not have been a previous recipient of the Mullen Prize.
• Eligible submissions include papers/essays that
  • May have been written for a class
  • May have been presented for conferences or publication
  • May be part of a dissertation or thesis chapters
  • May be written specifically for the Mullen Prize

Format:

All papers will be submitted electronically. Submissions should be saved as .doc, .docx, or .pdf. The submission should have a title page that includes:

• your name
• title of the paper
• a sentence describing what the paper was originally written for
• the date it is being submitted

Do Not include your name on any of the other pages. All pages (excluding the title page) should include a header that lists the title of the paper and the page number.

Papers should be submitted to cfs@osu.edu, by 11:59 pm on April 14, 2023, with the subject line: "Mullen Prize Submission."

The Daniel R. Barnes Undergraduate Prize

Eligible papers:

• Must be written by current OSU undergraduates in a folklore course, OR taking the folklore minor or concentration, OR active member of the Folklore Student Association.
• Must have been written within the last 12 months.
• May have been written for a folklore course.
• May have been presented for conferences or publication.
• May be part of a thesis directed by a folklore faculty member.
• May be written specifically for the Barnes Prize.

Only one paper submission per student, and the student must not have been a previous recipient of the Barnes Prize.

Format:

All papers will be submitted electronically. Submissions should be saved as .doc, .docx, or .pdf. The submission should have a title page that includes:

•     your name
•     title of the paper
•     a sentence describing what the paper was originally written for
•     the date it is being submitted

Do not include your name on any of the other pages. All pages (excluding the title page) should include a header that lists the title of the paper and the page number.

Papers should be submitted to cfs@osu.edu, by 11:59 pm on April 14, 2023, with the subject line: "Barnes Prize Submission"