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Founded in 1998 by comedian Greg Fleet, the Piece of Wood Award is awarded during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to the best show as voted by a committee of comedians which includes all past winners of the award. Literally a piece of wood, it is traditional for winners to bite the award.

Past winners have included:

  • 1998 - Linda Haggar and Fahey Younger - Lost due to war
  • 1999 - Simon Munnery
  • 2000 - Stewart Lee
  • 2001 - Rich Fulcher
  • 2002 - Charlie Pickering - Boiling Point and Michael Chamberlin
  • 2003 - Justin Hamilton
  • 2004 - Andrew McClelland- Andrew McClelland's Somewhat Accurate History of Pirates (1550-2017)
  • 2005 - Tony Law
  • 2006 - Fiona O'Loughlin and Damian Callinan - Spaznuts (Shared)
  • 2007 - Andy Zaltzman
  • 2008 - Tom Gleeson
  • 2009 - Lawrence Mooney - Make The Girls Laugh
  • 2010 - Sam Simmons - Fail
  • 2011 - Harley Breen - I Heart Bunnings: Stories About My Brothers
  • 2012 - Bob Franklin and Steven Gates - Stubborn Monkey Disorder
  • 2013 - David Quirk - Shaking Hands With Danger
  • 2014 - Sarah Kendall - Touchdown
  • 2015 - Anne Edmonds - You Know What I'm Like
  • 2016 - Chris Wainhouse
  • 2017 - Luke Heggie - Rough Diamanté
  • 2018 - Heath Franklin - Chopper
  • 2019 - Geraldine Hickey - Things are going well
  • 2021 - Greg Larsen - This might not be hell
  • 2022 - Tina Del Twist - Caravan in the Sky
  • 2023 - Dan Rath - All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

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