THE (ISH) EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS
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The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards

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The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now in its third year, involves a voluntary panel of judges seeing every eligible comedy show at the Fringe. The prizes this year will be £4000 each 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 - Rhod Gilbert, Elf Lyons, TakeoverRadio 106.9FM, Patrick Monahan, Sarah Bowles/ Nathan Cassidy - who all gave £500 each and James Corden who donated £10,000.

James Corden says, 'I'm honored to be asked to support the brilliant ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.  It's a privilege for me to be able to be a part of this.'
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The 2025 prizes are...
Best Show £4,000
Best Newcomer £4,000
Panel Prize £3,000
Best Tech £1,000
Best Joke £500.01

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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
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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.

Latest news...

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Previous years news... (for more see the PRESS section)

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