The UK Esports Awards are returning this year for another night recognising excellence in the UK scene – and the nominations have opened.
Like last year, there are a host of categories which include the following:
- Team of the year
- Player of the year
- Manager of the year
- Organisation of the year
- Caster of the year
- Presenter of the year
- Tournament of the year
- Streamer of the year
- Admin of the year
- Photographer of the year
- Videographer of the year
- Reporter of the year
- Service provider of the year
- Backstage Hero
- Banter of the Year
- Wooden Spoon Award
Organisers have also made a number of changes to the event for 2019: it will be leaving behind the ESL UK studio in Leicester for Rich Mix in Shoreditch, London.
Doors will open at 6pm at the UK Esports Awards 2019, which will take place on Saturday August 3rd in two rooms. One will be for the awards show (starting at 7.30pm) and the other for the after party and networking event (10pm). The former is invite-only while the latter will be ticketed.
You can see the 2018 UK Esports Awards winners here.
About Esports News UK’s involvement with the event
ENUK is delighted to be a media partner for the UK Esports Awards for year two. But please note we have nothing to do with the organising/running of the event for this year – see more in this Twitlonger post.
If you want to contact the organisers or have any questions, please visit the UKEA website or Twitter.

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.