Book reviews for Sport in History are commissioned by the Reviews Editor, Dr Alec Hurley. If you are interested in reviewing a text for Sport in History, please contact him directly (ahurley@cardiffmet.ac.uk). We do not accept unsolicited reviews.
Reviews are usually between 750-1250 words in length. The content should offer a summary of the author's key arguments and findings, discussion of the text's structure, and an assessment of the work in relation to the larger corpus of relevant literature. Reviewers should question how the text interacts with existing scholarship and what novel insights the current work provides. Lastly, reviewers should also highlight areas in which they believe the work falls short and critique any missed opportunities.
The turnaround time for commissioned reviews is ordinarily six months from the distribution of the text.
Style guidelines for the journal can be found here.