Comedy and Poetry Awards 2020 slated for August 1

The maiden edition of the Comedy and Poetry Awards is set to take place on the 1st of August 2020.

This year's edition of Comedy and Poetry Awards is termed the Winners Announcement Edition and as we are all aware, it had to be done Virtually due to the unfortunate occurrence of the Corona Virus pandemic.

Various nominees were released months ago before the lockdown. The Comedy and Poetry Awards for this year has 24 votable Categories and 3 Honours.

These categories are apportioned in the order of,12 for Comedy and 12 for Poetry. Under Poetry, there are 6 for Spokenword and 6 for Lyrics & Rhymes.

The 3 Honours are as follows: one for Comedy Legend, one for Spokenword Legend, and the third for Lyrics and Rhymes Legend. The scheme is aimed at celebrating the creativity and craft of comedy and poetry and also seeking to help grow the industry at large.

The event will be streamed live on CoPo TV Youtube channel and Facebook: @copoawardsgh.