Welcome
The Telegraph Sports Book Awards is the major annual promotion for sports writing and publishing, the awards exist to highlight the most outstanding sports books of the previous calendar year, to showcase their merits and to enhance their reputation and profile.
Awards:
Autobiography of the Year
International Autobiography of the Year
Biography of the Year
The Heartaches Cricket Book of the Year
Football Book of the Year
Heineken Rugby Book of the Year
Cycling Book of the Year
Getty Images Illustrated Book of the Year
General Outstanding Book of the Year
Health & Fitness Book of the Year
Children’s Sports Book of the Year
Key Dates:
Autobiography of the Year Longlist Announced – 17th December 2019
Submissions close – 17th January 2020
Shortlist launch/judging day – 12th May 2020 (date TBC)
The Telegraph Sports Book Awards – 2nd June 2020
Awards News
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The Telegraph Sports Book Awards CLOC Football Book of the Year 2020 Longlist Launch, in Association with the FWA
March 23, 2020
The most diverse Football longlist to date, as a nostalgia for past glories and greats are pitted against the modern-day managerial master, Pep Guardiola, and an insightful analysis into the growth of Women’s football The 2020 Telegraph Sports Book A …
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The National Literacy Trust & The Telegraph Sports Book Awards launch their charity partnership with an event at BT Sport
February 18, 2020
The National Literacy Trust & The Telegraph Sports Book Awards launch their charity partnership with an event at BT Sport with longlisted footballers Gary Lineker & Michael Owen, and a group of lucky schoolchildren. Children’s Sports Books to …
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Tyson Fury and Ben Stokes lead impressive Best Autobiography Award Longlist at The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020.
December 17, 2019
To cap a momentous year, BEHIND THE MASK, Tyson Fury’s heart-warming and funny tale of his rise, fall and rise again from Gypsy king, to People’s champion, has been included on the longlist of twelve titles for the Telegraph Sports book Awards Autobi …
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The Telegraph Sports Book Awards winners 2019
June 4, 2019
Ben Ryan and Peter Crouch win big at The Telegraph Sports Book Awards, as Dame Kelly Holmes takes home the inaugural Sports Health and Fitness Book of the Year award. Ben Ryan picked up two awards, winning Heineken’s Rugby Book of the Year, as well a …
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