The William L. Mitchell Prize for research on British serials is for submissions of any periodicals or newspapers printed during the 18th-century in British colonies, former colonies, and occupied territories, but should involve research into primary sources of historical evidence, such as the analysis of the physical objects, whether for establishing a text or understanding the history of the production, distribution, collecting, or reading of serial publications. Eligible scholarship may take the form of a book or article, a Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation defended and approved, or research results distributed in another manner, such as on a website. Eligible scholarship must have been published or, if a dissertation or thesis, approved during the year of the deadline or the three previous calendar years. All scholars are eligible to apply for the Mitchell Prize without regard to their membership in the Bibliographical Society of America or any other society, and without regard to their citizenship or academic affiliation, degree, or rank. Applicants may nominate themselves or be nominated by other persons, including publishers, journal editors, and dissertation and thesis directors. If you are submitting a book for consideration, please also secure delivery of four print copies of the nominated work. Please visit the award's website for more information.