About the awards
![A poster promoting Comedy Poster Awards voting inside a Fringe venue](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/cpa/vote_poster.jpg)
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 2024 contest is now open, with the winners set to be announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on the evening of Tuesday 20th August.
If you have artwork, submit your poster now. If you're a comedy fan, browse the entries.
Any questions? Contact us via British Comedy Guide.
The prize
![Out of Hand logo Out of Hand logo](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/300x200/o/out_of_hand.jpg)
Each of 2024's winners will receive a package of free placements for their 2025 Fringe posters around Edinburgh, courtesy of the city council's advertising partner, Out of Hand.
The judges
The 2024 judging panel consisted of a mix of comedy, marketing and design industry professionals, to be announced in the coming days.
Previous winners
2023 Panel Award - Bennett Arron
![Bennett Arron Bennett Arron](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/bennett_arron_loser_poster.jpg)
2023 Audience Award - Daniel Foxx
![Daniel Foxx Daniel Foxx](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/daniel_foxx_villain_poster.jpg)
2022 Panel Award - Milo Edwards
![Milo Edwards Milo Edwards](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/milo_edwards_voicemail_poster.jpg)
2022 Audience Award - Jordan Gray
![Jordan Gray Jordan Gray](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/people/other/jordan_gray_is_it_a_bird_poster.jpg)
2019 Panel Award - Jessica Fostekew
![Hench. Jessica Fostekew. Copyright: Idil Sukan / Chris Lince Hench. Jessica Fostekew. Copyright: Idil Sukan / Chris Lince](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/jessica_fostekew_hench_poster.jpg)
2019 Audience Award - Sofie Hagen
![The Bumswing. Sofie Hagen. Copyright: Matt Crockett / Haiminh Le The Bumswing. Sofie Hagen. Copyright: Matt Crockett / Haiminh Le](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/sofie_hagen_bumswing_poster.jpg)
2018 Panel Award - Lou Sanders
![Lou Sanders: Shame Pig. Lou Sanders Lou Sanders: Shame Pig. Lou Sanders](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/comedy_poster_awards_panel_2018.jpg)
2018 Beer52 Audience Award - Olaf Falafel
![Olaf Falafel: There's No i In Idiot. Olaf Falafel Olaf Falafel: There's No i In Idiot. Olaf Falafel](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/other/comedy_poster_awards_audience_2018.jpg)
2014 Panel Award - Holly Walsh
![Never Had It. Holly Walsh Never Had It. Holly Walsh](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/other/edinburgh_posters_2014_holly_walsh.jpg)
Small print
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Entries to the competition are subject to the Comedy Poster Awards rules.