Awards
The Women's Section inaugurated in 1983 two prizes in the memory of anthropologist Elli Köngäs-Maranda. The Children's Folklore Section awards the annual W. W. Newell Prize, which is presented for the best student essay.
Other awards given by the Society are named after Aesop, Ben Botkin, Américo Paredes, Archie Green, Zora Neale Hurston, and William Still.
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