Piece of Wood Award

Show Award

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