About the awards
The Comedy Poster Awards celebrate the best artwork at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
With hundreds of acts and hundreds of thousands of potential customers coming to the Fringe, having a strong, funny, informative, or entertaining poster has become a vital marketing tactic for comedians to get bums on seats.
First taking place in 2014, this competition was established by TV and live comedy producer Gina Lyons to celebrate the most popular and loved designs in poster artwork at the Fringe: from the idea, to the photo, to the finished artwork.
We look to shout about and celebrate the hard graft that goes into perfecting the art of poster design, ideas and photography.
There are two categories: The Panel Award, in which the shortlist and winner is decided by expert judges; and The Audience Award, which is decided via voting buttons on this website.
The awards will return in 2025.
Any questions? Contact us via British Comedy Guide.
The judges
The 2024 judging panel consisted of a mix of experts across PR, entertainment, design and marketing.
Head judge Laura Burch is founder and managing partner at Work & Class, a new agency that is the first of its kind to put working class audiences at the centre of its campaigns. In a career that has spanned over 20 years - first in-house at the BBC and then at agencies including Shine and Inkling Culture - Laura has delivered impactful and culturally relevant integrated campaigns across multiple sectors for brands including WWF, Sky, The National Lottery, ghd, eBay, Heinz, Peroni, Guinness, Netflix, EA and Hitachi.
Christopher 'Slev' Slevin is an experienced creative with a demonstrated history of developing and implementing impactful work across multi-disciplinary campaigns in the UK, North America and beyond; from uniting Belvedere Vodka with the iconic James Bond franchise, delivering immersive experiences for The Body Shop, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Netflix, and creating social first audience led content for Veuve Clicquot, Hitachi and Regent Street.
Alice Jenkins-Bruce has worked in the entertainment industry for 20 years and is currently the Director of Communications for Content at Sky. Previously, Alice ran the Filmed Entertainment Division of Premier PR and has worked for every major broadcaster in the UK in some capacity. She is responsible for the publicity of some of the most exciting shows of recent years, including Normal People, I May Destroy You and The Eurovision Song Contest. A huge comedy fan, Alice has also repped ground-breaking comedies including Julia Davis's BAFTA winning Sally4Ever and Sky's long running original comedy, Brassic, among many more.
Previous winners
2024 Panel Award - Deep Fried in Patter
2024 Audience Award - Abi Clarke: (Role) Model
2023 Panel Award - Bennett Arron
2023 Audience Award - Daniel Foxx
2022 Panel Award - Milo Edwards
2022 Audience Award - Jordan Gray
2019 Panel Award - Jessica Fostekew
2019 Audience Award - Sofie Hagen
2018 Panel Award - Lou Sanders
2018 Beer52 Audience Award - Olaf Falafel
2014 Panel Award - Holly Walsh
Small print
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Entries to the competition are subject to the Comedy Poster Awards rules.