There are now five days left (from today, August 4th) to enter work in most of the awards categories at the UK Music Video Awards 2022, the premiere awards show for music video creativity in Britain and beyond, via the UKMVAs website.

This includes the section of 18 Best Video awards. Each music genre – Pop, R&B/Soul, Dance/Electronic, Rock, Alternative and Hip Hop/Grime/Rap – each offers three awards: one for UK, International and Newcomer videos.

Here are all the Best Video categories:

Best Pop Video _ UK
Best Pop Video _ International
Best Pop Video _ Newcomer

Best Dance/Electronic Video _ UK
Best Dance/Electronic Video _ International
Best Dance/Electronic Video _ Newcomer

Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Video _ UK
Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Video _ International
Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Video _ Newcomer

Best R&B/Soul Video _ UK
Best R&B/Soul Video _ International
Best R&B/Soul Video _ Newcomer

Best Rock Video _ UK
Best Rock Video _ International
Best Rock Video _ Newcomer

Best Alternative Video _ UK
Best Alternative Video _ International
Best Alternative Video _ Newcomer

Each video can only be entered into one of the above categories. A UK award is given to a video for a UK artist, an International award is given to a video for a non-UK artist, and a Newcomer award is given to a video for either a UK or International artist made for a budget under GB£10,000 (or non-sterling equivalent), and are designed to recognise newcomer directing talent.

Each video has to be have been completed and delivered to the commissioning company between the dates of August 1st 2021 and August 9th 2022 - the date of the entry deadline. 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.

Go to the UKMVAs website here for information on how to enter the awards.

Entry criteria for the 18 Best Video categories, the range of categories honouring Technical Achievement, plus awards for Best Live video, Best Music Film and Special Projects are here - where you can also enter work for those 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 those awards.     

The final entry deadline to enter work is this coming Tuesday, August 9th, 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 2022 will be announced in late September. 

The UK Music Video Awards ceremony and aftershow party will take place at Magazine London, near O2 Arena, on Thursday, October 27th 2022.

• UK Music Video Awards website here