Awards

Meet the Finalists of the 2024 Creative Edinburgh Awards!

7 October 2024

Are you ready for the annual Creative Edinburgh Awards Ceremony? This year marks our twelfth celebration, showcasing the outstanding creatives who make Edinburgh the vibrant city it is!

Nominations for the Awards opened earlier this year and we were excited to see the creative community sending in applications for themselves, their peers, and projects that have inspired them over the past 12 months. Nominations could be submitted into any of the ten Awards Categories, including two new categories for this year - the Development Award and the Festivals Award. 

Once nominations closed, all applications were reviewed by a panel of expert judges and peers from the creative industries. For each Awards Category, a shortlist of finalists was determined, not an easy task given the amazing initiatives and creative work happening in our city! 

On Friday 15 November, we will be at Central Hall celebrating the shortlisted finalists, as well as all the nominations, and the wider Edinburgh creative community. Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 Awards Ceremony, where we’ll be announcing the winners and throughout the evening we’ll enjoy performances from local artists, music and dancing! 

Book your tickets now and join us to celebrate the creatives who shape our city!

2024 Creative Edinburgh Finalists

The Edinburgh City Award

  • Edinburgh Printmakers
  • Sett Studios CIC
  • The Creative Community Hubs Network
  • Tinderbox Collective and City of Edinburgh Council Instrument Libraries

The Collaboration Award

  • Edinburgh Printmakers
  • Made in Summerhall - Summerhall Residents
  • Edinburgh Playhouse
  • MEDIA EDUCATION, THRIVE Research Project

The Innovation Award

  • Many Good Men, produced by Civic Digits in association with Stories Untold and Stellar Quines Theatre Company at Heart of Midlothian FC
  • Space Academy - Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
  • Young Edinburgh Storytellers

The Development Award

  • Michael Johnson
  • Kelly Zou
  • Darren Wilkie

The Inclusion Award

  • Oskar Kirk Hansen/Mystika Glamoor
  • Natasha Iregbu
  • Michael Vince Kim

The Student Award

  • Short film "Chop-Chop!"
  • Mary: A Gig Theatre Show
  • Jiayi Chen: The Great Her
  • Lou Mclean

The Leadership Award

  • Lisa Williams, founder of Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh
  • Turan Ali
  • Anne McCluskey

The Community Award

  • Tzipporah Johnston - NEUK Collective
  • Edinburgh Community Performing Arts
  • Chris Barkley
  • Queer Folks' Tales

The Festivals Award

  • North Edinburgh Community Festival
  • Bright & Wild - A festival with children and teens at its heart (Produced by Lyra)
  • FemiFringe

The Sustainable Creativity Award

  • DOBA Studio
  • Young Edinburgh Storytellers

Congratulations to all the incredible shortlisted finalists, we are looking forward to celebrating all of you, and the whole Edinburgh creative community at the ceremony.

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