The Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2014 - the senior strand of Amused Moose Comedy Awards - has a prize of £5,000 up for grabs. So, comedians: have you entered yet? You need to send them a video of you performing.

Here are some words from the organisers about why you should enter:

Winning this award provides a great career boost, as both Tony Law, who won the shiny moose trophy and cheque in 2011, and Marcel Lucont (pictured), who did in 2012, willingly confirm they have had significant television exposure as a result, and the joint winners last year (Danny Ward and Al Lubel) report that things are moving forward nicely for them too.

It has a great reputation amongst comedy cognoscenti for unearthing comedy talent which is "almost DVD ready", which otherwise might not have been noticed. Importantly, voting at the fFinal includes votes from Fringe-goers in the audience and a host of industry guests, plus the judging panel - so how your show appeals to the paying public comes into play too.

How it works:

Initially your show is viewed online by comedy industry people, not just in the UK but worldwide, so your show gets seen by lots of people who can make things happen wherever they are, if they like what they see. These industry panellists (mostly producers, artistic directors, reviewers and promoters) are keen to watch online because most shows are entered before the Fringe even starts, so they get ahead of the game. The sooner shows are entered the more awareness will be raised about those ones amongst the industry panel.

To enter you need to film your full-length show - we strongly recommend filming a preview in early/mid July. Filming doesn't need to be at a professional standard, though being able to be seen and heard are both pretty important (though one radio producer on the panel for the last two years watches the first couple of minutes, and then just listens unless it's clear that something visual has just happened in which case she winds back to find out what that was).

There are a couple of key entry criteria which are worth mentioning now. To be eligible:

- shows can have almost any format, but must run on at least 15 dates during the Edinburgh Fringe (5 or more dates in each of the three main weeks) and be listed in the Comedy section of www.edfringe.com

- no-one in the show can have any contract, deal or support of any kind from any DVD (or similar) producer/publisher

All details are on www.amusedmoose.com/awards, which includes the link to the entry form too.

The final in Edinburgh is professionally filmed so all the Top Ten shows will have a showreel, and also the winner's show will be filmed professionally in its entirety during the last week of the Fringe.

The closing date is 23:59 on Sunday 3 August but please don't leave it until that weekend to film your show (or even just to upload your film and enter) as this can go badly awry (and has done every year for a few people), so that you'd miss the deadline if any part of it doesn't work at the first attempt.