The Printing Historical Society Prize for New Scholarship will be available again this year. Submissions are invited in the form of a new article on a printing-historical subject, suitable for the Societys Journal. The winning author will receive this years Prize, a purse of 500, membership of the Society for one year, and publication in the PHS Journal (and digitally, subject to the usual processes of peer-review). The competition is open to all, but the judges particularly welcome work from students, early-career scholars and independent researchers new to the field. Please sending your article (between 4000 and 8000 words, in Word format) to the Journal Editor, along with a short covering letter describing your research. The deadline for submissions is 1 October, and the results will be announced before the end of the calendar year.
For full details of the Prize see http://printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk/publications/index.html#333s or contact the Editor (editor@printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk), who will be happy to answer queries and discuss possible subjects and approaches for submissions.
