This year's Dublin Fringe Festival presented awards in 10 categories at the weekend.

Heart of Darkness (by Gavin Kostick) won the Spirit of the Fringe Commissioning Award (€4,000), presented in association with Project Arts Centre for fresh, brave and exciting work. Other nominees were Caliper Boy (dANTE or dIE); Dublin City Counselling (Gentle Giant); and Simple Girl (Melanie Wilson).

The Jayne Snow Award of €1,500, for innovation, bravery and risk-taking in the pursuit of artistic excellence went to Rain Party (junk ensemble). Other nominees were KuddelMuddel (Priscilla Robinson); Beauty (written by Shawn Sturnick and directed by Thomas Conway); and DISCO-NNECT (You're Only Massive).

Best Production (€750) was won by Particularly in the Heartland (The TEAM). Other nominees were All Dolled Up (thisispopbaby); The Convent (Jo Strømgren Kompani); Incarnat (Lia Rodrigues); and Ketzal (Derevo).

Best Design (€500) went to Score (Au Cul du Loup), for overall design. Other nominees: Ciotóg - How Did We Get Here? (Ríonach Ní Neill, lighting design); The Convent (Jo Strømgren Kompani, overall design); The Anima and the Animus (Shakram Dance Company, sound design); and Ketzal (Derevo, overall design).

The new Bewleys Cafe Theatre Award (€500), for best Irish Fringe show under an hour, went to Art of Swimming (Playgroup). Also nominated were Come Up and See Me: A Peek at Mae West (Ageless Productions); and Waiting for Ikea (Wicked Angels).

Fishamble New Writing Award for an emerging Irish playwright (scholarship, dramaturgical support and €1,000) went to Shona McCarthy (Married to the Sea). Other nominees: Phillip McMahon (All Over Town); Georgina McKevitt and Jacinta Sheerin (Waiting for IKEA); Lynda Radley (Art of Swimming); and Claudia Schwartz (Ways of Making You Talk).

Best Female Performer (€500) was Elizabeth King (Particularly in the Heartland). Other nominees: Kristen Sieh (Particularly in the Heartland); Gillian McCarthy (The Rep Experiment); Melanie Wilson (Simple Girl); Caoilfhionn Dunne (Caligula). Best Male Performer (€500) was Bartosz Porczyk (Smycz). Other nominees: Palle Dyrvall (Catastrophe Communication Combinatoria); Jake Margolin (Particularly in the Heartland); Paul Reid (Metamorphosis); Peter Daly (The Rep Experiment); and Panti (All Dolled Up).

Best Lantern Award (€250), for design of Liffey Boardwalk lanterns, went to Tammy Bradley. Best Spiegeltent Show (€250), aside from La Clique, which ran throughout the festival, was The Cat's Miaow (Camille O'Sullivan). Other nominees: Pirate Sounds; Marlena Shaw featuring Mad Professor; and Seasick Steve and King Creosote.