Today is the final day to enter the UK Music Video Awards 2026, as the entry deadline for this year's UKMVAs expires at midnight tonight (August 6th).

Among 39 categories that can be entered, entries are being accepted to some of the most prestigious honours at the UKMVAs, for the Individual and Company Awards. The Individual and Company Awards are as follows: 

Best Director

Best New Director

Best Producer

Best Executive Producer

Best Agent

Best Creative Commissioner

Best Production Company

In each case the award is given for a body of work over the past year, from August 1st 2025 to August 6th 2026. There is a slight crossover with the eligibility dates for last year's awards, but work that was entered last year cannot be entered again this year.

For each individual or group who are submitted for an Individual Award, or for entries to the Company award, videos must be entered with the submission: a minimum of two videos for entries into Best Director and Best New Director; a minimum of three videos for Best Producer; a minimum of five videos for Best Executive Producer and Best Commissioner; and a minimum of five videos for Best Production Company.  

Go to the UKMVAs website here for information on how to enter the awards. Entry criteria for the range of Individual and Company awards at this year's UKMVAs can be found here - where you can also enter individuals and/or companies for those awards.

Also, entry criteria for the awards in the categories of Best Video by music genre and Technical Achievement awards, and the awards for Best Live video, Best Low Budget Video and Best Special Visual Project, can all be found here - where you can also enter those award categories.

The final entry deadline to enter work is at tonight (August 6th) at midnight (BST). All work must be registered and uploaded by that time.

The first round of judging for this year’s UKMVAs begins approximately a week after the entry deadline – invitations to Jury Members to participate in the online judging round on the MVA judging platform have been sent out in the past few days.

With the second round of judging scheduled for next month, all nominations for the UK Music Video Awards 2026 will be announced in late September. The ceremony and aftershow party will take place at The Roundhouse in north London on Wednesday, November 4th 2026.

• More information at the UK Music Video Awards website here