The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2026, now in its fourth year, involves a voluntary panel of judges seeing every eligible comedy show at the Fringe. Yes we are back for 2026, even bigger than before. And before was big...
Last year the prizes were £4000 for Best Show and Best Newcomer, £3000 for the Panel Prize, £1000 for Best Tech and £500.01 for the Best Joke. The awards are all sponsored by artists - and back supporting in 2026 are Rhod Gilbert, Elf Lyons, TakeoverRadio 106.9FM, and James Corden who last year donated £10,000.
James Corden says, 'I'm honoured to support the brilliant ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards again.'
Last year the prizes were £4000 for Best Show and Best Newcomer, £3000 for the Panel Prize, £1000 for Best Tech and £500.01 for the Best Joke. The awards are all sponsored by artists - and back supporting in 2026 are Rhod Gilbert, Elf Lyons, TakeoverRadio 106.9FM, and James Corden who last year donated £10,000.
James Corden says, 'I'm honoured to support the brilliant ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards again.'
Check out the photos from last year's ceremony by Steve Best...
The 2025 prizes were...
Best Show £4,000 Best Newcomer £4,000 Panel Prize £3,000 Best Tech £1,000 Best Joke £500.01 The 2026 prizes are... Best Show TBC Best Newcomer TBC Panel Prize TBC Best Tech TBC Best Joke £500.01 |
LATEST NEWS
23.08.25 - Winners announced here 23.08.25 - Winners announced in The Scotsman 20.08.25 - Best Jokes of the Fringe in The Scotsman 20.08.25 - Short Lists announced here 20.08.25 - Chortle on the shortlist 20.08.25 - British Comedy Guide on the shortlist 20.08.25 - Beyond The Joke on the shortlist 15.08.25 - Long Lists announced here 15.08.25 - British Comedy Guide on 2025 long-lists 30.07.25 - The Scotsman on Joke Of The Fringe 30.07.25 - Chortle on our new Sponsors 30.07.25 - BeyondTheJoke on our new Sponsors 08.07.25 - Wee Review on new Tech ISH Award 08.07.25 - BeyondTheJoke on new ISH Award 08.07.25 - JokePit on new ISH Award 07.07.25 - New Award 'The Lyons Award for Tech' Chortle 14.05.24 - Showcases announced for 2025 edfringe.com 21.08.24 - ISH Awards Announces Short-Lists Scotsman 16.08.24 - ISH Awards Announces Long-Lists Chortle 16.08.24 - ISH Awards Announces Long-Lists BCG 16.08.24 - ISH Awards Announces Long-Lists Beyond The Joke 30.07.24 - ISH Awards new sponsor - British Comedy Guide 08.04.24 - ISH Awards sponsor, Jones Bootmaker (website) 28.09.23 ISH Awards Producer wins Funny Women Award 
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We are a collective of people that love the Edinburgh Fringe and wanted to run an Edinburgh Comedy Awards through volunteers with 100% of sponsorship going to the artists. There will be around 30 panel members and a few support people, answering emails and allocating shows, and we're all doing it for free! Find out how the awards will be judged here and if you want to get involved as a Panel Judge please contact us.
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