This list of comedy and humor awards provides an index to articles on notable awards for comedy and humor, including writing and performance. The list is organized by the country of the sponsoring organization, although a few of the awards are not restricted to one country.
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Country
Award
Medium
Sponsor
Australia
AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy Series
Television
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
Australia
ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release
Recording
Australian Recording Industry Association
Australia
Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Award
Stage
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Australia
Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer
Stage
Live Performance Australia
Australia
Logie Awards
Television
TV Week
Australia
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award
Stage
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Australia
Piece of Wood Award
Stage
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Australia
Raw Comedy
Stage
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Australia
Russell Prize
Writing
State Library of New South Wales
Canada
Canadian Comedy Awards
various
Canadian Comedy Awards
Canada
Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year
Recording
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Canada
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
Writing
Stephen Leacock Associates
Germany
Deutscher Comedypreis
Television
Köln Comedy Festival
India
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour
Writing
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Italy
International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera
Varied
Cesare Perfetto
New Zealand
Billy T Award
Stage
New Zealand Comedy Trust
Spain
Gat Perict Perich International Humor Prizes
Cartoons
United Kingdom
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Writing
Bollinger
United Kingdom
BBC New Comedy Award
Radio
BBC
United Kingdom
Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Stage
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
United Kingdom
Funny Women Awards
Stage
Funny Women
United Kingdom
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year
Stage
Leicester Mercury
United Kingdom
Midlands Comedy Awards
Stage
Midlands Comedy Awards
United Kingdom
NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show
Stage
New Variety Lives
United Kingdom
Pride of Manchester Awards
Varied
Pride Of Manchester
United Kingdom
So You Think You're Funny
Stage
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
United Kingdom
Time Out Comedy Awards
Varied
Time Out (magazine)
United Kingdom
British Comedy Awards
Varied
British Comedy Awards
United Kingdom
Chortle Awards
Stage
Chortle
United Kingdom
City Life Comedian of the Year
Stage
City Life (magazine)
United States
American Comedy Awards
Television
NBC
United States
ECNY Awards
Varied
ECNY Awards
United States
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Recording
The Recording Academy
United States
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Varied
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
United States
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Television
NAACP
United States
The Comedy Awards
Television
Comedy Central
United States
Thurber Prize for American Humor
Writing
Thurber House
United States
Comedy Prize
Stage
Prize Foundation
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