Comedy awards

These awards are open to comedy shows - please see the details of each award for entry specifics and sub-genres.

The Amused Moose Comedy Award seeks out breakthrough comedy talent who are yet to become well known (so could be said to be 'almost television ready'), who have their own solo or group/sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Entry information
Conditions of eligibility
- Shows which are submitted for this award must be listed in the comedy section of edfringe.com as being performed on at least 18 dates (at least 5 dates in each of the three main weeks).
- To enter, entrants have to upload a film of their full show preferably by 17 July (so ideally filmed at a Fringe preview, prior to arrival at the Fringe), but at the latest by 23:59 on Sunday 05 August. (NB: Amateur filming is fine)
- The submitted film must be of this year’s Fringe show, and of a similar length to that shown on edfringe.com
- Shows should not be submitted for inclusion if
- the performer/performers cannot be at the final on Sunday 19 August starting at 21.15, from the beginning though there may be some flexibility until 22.45, or
- any of the performers and/or the show has already won or been nominated for any other major award in the UK or abroad, or
- any of the performers have previously won any category in Amused Moose Comedy Award, or
- the performer/performers cannot definitely confirm their availability to perform their show or a segment from it, probably at London’s Soho Theatre, in October.
Respected comedy industry panellists view all the online submissions, before selecting a large number of shows to be seen live during the Fringe, from which panellists nominate up to ten as the finalists.

Voting at the Final, by Fringe-goers as well as a judging panel of comedy industry professionals, decides the winner which in the past included The Kagools, Richard Gadd, Tony Law, Marcel Lucont and Celia Pacquola.

How to enter: Visit www.amusedmoose.com from 1st June for more information about entering.

The Comedians Choice Awards are a transparent set of Comedy Awards to be presented every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They will be voted on by the Comedy Performers from that year's fringe, for Comedy Performers at that year’s fringe. There will be no panel of judges, no industry specialists – only the performers themselves will decide who among them is worthy of mention from the festival this year. Every show registered with the Fringe Society will get one vote.

For more information please email contact@comedy.co.uk

Dave’s Joke of the Fringe Award is open to both established and up-and-coming comedians and is now in its 10th year. Named Broadcast Digital Awards’ Entertainment Channel of the Year for 2016, Dave once again pays homage to the wealth of talent on offer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe whilst shining a spotlight on the individual jokes, not just the performances.

Entry information

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are much-loved live comedy awards, often dubbed as the unofficial "Oscars of Comedy". Every comedy performer is eligible and there is no shortlist; a panel of judges decides on the winning acts.

The panel bestow three different awards: ‘best comedy show’, given to the most outstanding up-and-coming, funny, original, comedy show or act; ‘best newcomer’ for the performer or act who is staging their first full-length show (50 minutes or more); and the ‘panel prize’, a new award that celebrates the show or act that has most captured the comedy spirit of the Fringe.

Founded in 1981, the awards enjoyed a 25-year relationship with sponsors Perrier (which previously lent them its infamous name). They are now known as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and are sponsored by lastminute.com

For more information visit Comedy Awards website

The ‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ competition was created by the Gilded Balloon and Karen Koren in 1988 and this Fringe the competition moves into its 31^st year of discovering, supporting and nurturing new comic talent.

The comedians who apply must only have been performing stand up for less than a year.

Applicants are invited to perform in showcases across the UK throughout May, June and July, including London, Leicester, Glasgow, and Brighton. The competition is the most successful of its kind in the UK and attracts over 600 applicants each year.

‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ is very competitive and there are only 45 places at the semi-finals in Edinburgh. Each competitor is given seven minutes to win over the judges, at the end of each semi-final a winner is announced and given a place in the Grand Final: a two-and-a-half hours’ top bill of new comic talent.

Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Lee Mack, and Tommy Tiernan. Finalists include Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, Rhod Gilbert, Rob Beckett, Russell Howard, Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Byrne, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson, Maisie Adam and Russell Kane.

“It was the single most important thing I did in my career, it helped me leap from a lot of the crap in the business and gave me the extra push I needed, but also my life changed forever!” JASON BYRNE

For more info, visit www.soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk

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Amused Moose Comedy Award

The Comedians’ Choice Awards (Formerly The Barry Awards UK)

Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards

So You Think You're Funny?

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