Entries open for our 2025 Student Comedy Award

£1,000 first prize

Entires have opened today for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award.

The competition has a formidable reputation for finding new talent with previous winners and finalists including Joe Lycett, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey, Richard Gadd, Laura Lexx, Iain Stirling, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal.

This year’s champion will receive £1,000 with £250 for the runner-up.

For the 2025 competition, the initial round will be completed online, with acts judged on submitted videos.

Those successful will then be invited to one of six semi-finals around the country, with the winner of each taking a place in the final at the Edinburgh Fringe. There will also be two wildcard places and one voted by Chortle readers.

All finalists will also be invited to play the Comedy Arena at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk on July 24- to 6, the same stage that will also be graced by the likes of Greg Davies and Bridget Christie over the weekend.

Last year’s winner, Foo, said the competition was a ‘fantastic experience’, adding: ‘So many of my comedy heroes have participated in this competition over time, so just being part of it felt like joining the broader universe of comics.

‘For the same reason, the biggest perk was the chance to meet the other comedians taking part, and to form friendships which have already outlasted the competition itself.

‘My favourite part of the experience was going to Latitude festival with the other finalists. The opportunity to perform there and then bounce around a festival with a gaggle of giddy comedians was an absolute delight, and a gift I will treasure for a long time! ‘

Entries, using the form below, are open from now until February 15, and full terms and conditions are here.

Sunday March 2: Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy
9-12 Blair Street
Edinburgh EH1 1QR
Tickets

Tuesday March 4: Nottingham

The Level
Nottingham Trent Students' Union
Shakespeare Street,
Nottingham,
NG1 4GH

Tickets

Sunday March 9: London

Museum Of Comedy
The Undercroft,
St Georges Church,
Bloomsbury Way,
London, WC1A 2SR

Two semi-finals: 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets

Thursday March 13: York

Micklegate Social
148-150 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
Tickets

Sunday March 16: Bristol