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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 William Mills Prize for Non-fiction Polar Books.
 
The Mills Prize was established in memory of William Mills, a polar librarian and author, and a core member of Polar Libraries Colloquy during its formative years. The prize was first awarded in 2006. Information on the winners of the Mills Prize in previous years is available on the Polar Libraries Colloquy web site.
 
The book prize honours the best Arctic or Antarctic nonfiction books published throughout the world. The prize consists of $500 US, certificates for the author and publisher, and the right to use the William Mills Prize logo when advertising the winning book.
 
Winning titles are announced on pollib-L, on the Colloquy web site, in the Polar Libraries Bulletin and other appropriate social media, websites and publications.
 
The winner of the 2022 Mills Prize will be announced in June, 2022 at the 28th biennial meeting of the Polar Libraries Colloquy at Université Laval’s Library in Quebec City.
 
Qualifications for Nomination
  • The book must be nonfiction, about the Arctic or Antarctic.
  • The book may be any type of substantive work of nonfiction, or reference resource. Textbooks, anthologies, translations and new editions will not be considered unless they are truly outstanding contributions to polar literature.
  • Books authored, edited or published by members of the current Polar Libraries Colloquy Steering Committee are not eligible for nomination.
  • Individuals who are not affiliated with the Polar Libraries Colloquy are welcome to submit nominations.
  • The book must have been published for the first time within the two calendar years before the Colloquy at which the award will be given. The timeframe for the 2022 award is January 2020 to December 2021.
  • The official language of the Colloquy is English. For this reason books must be published in an English language version to be eligible.
Nomination Process

Nominations must include:
  1. Author(s) / Corporate author(s);
  2. Title;
  3. Publisher;
  4. Date of publication (for the 2022 award, must be between January 2020 and December 2021);
  5. ISBN number for each format the work was published in (i.e. hardcover, ebook,, etc.); and
  6. Statement of the reasons why the nominator thinks the book should be considered for the prize and the value of the title to polar literature.
Nominations should be sent via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
The deadline to submit a nomination is February 15, 2022.

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