3rd Shorty Awards explained

The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards
Location:The Times Center, New York City
Hosts:Aasif Mandvi
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The nomination period for the third annual Shorty Awards opened in January 2011, and ran through February 11, 2011, except for new categories that had extended nomination deadlines. There were 30 official categories, and five special categories. In addition to Real-Time Photo of the Year, for the first time the awards accepted nominations for Foursquare Mayor of the Year, Foursquare Location of the Year, Microblog of the Year on Tumblr, and a Connecting People award. The awards also introduced new Shorty Industry Awards to recognize the best uses of social media by brands and agencies. A Marketing Jury within the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences judges the Shorty Industry Awards and determines the winners from among the paid entries.[1] Winners were announced at a ceremony on March 28, 2011, hosted by Aasif Mandvi in the Times Center.[2] [3] Other Shorty Awards presenters were scheduled to include Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Stephen Wallem, Miss USA Rima Fakih, and Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford.

Winners

The third annual winners by category:[4]

CategoryWinner
Best ActorNeil Patrick Harris, @ActuallyNPH[5] [6]
Best ActressStana Katic, @Stana_Katic
Best in AppsCOLOURlovers, @colourlovers
Best in ArtOne Stop Poetry, @Onestoppoetry
Best AuthorShawn Stewart, @treatwomenright & John Green, @realjohngreen
Best CelebrityKim Jae-joong, @mjjeje
Best CharityThe Trevor Project, @trevorproject
Best Comedian(in Conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival)Harrison Greenbaum, @harrisoncomedy[7]
Best Cultural InstitutionTyneside Cinema, @tynesidecinema & Science Gallery, @ScienceGallery
Best in Customer ServiceResearch In Motion, @BlackBerryHelp
Best in DesignCodeorama, @Codeorama
Best in EntertainmentBarney Stinson, @Broslife
Best in FashionAnn Li, @AnnLouieLi
Best Fan PageKe$ha Time, @keshastime & Hey Britney, @heybritney
Best in FinanceSlow Money, @SlowMoney
Best in FoodEpic Meal Time, @epicmealtime
Best in GamingAdam Montoya, @SeaNanners
Best in GovernmentCory Booker, @CoryBooker
Best in GreenMud Baron, @Cocoxochitl
Best in HumorThe Dark Lord, @Lord_Voldemort7
Best in InnovationRene Silva Santos, @Rene_Silva_RJ
Best JournalistWest Wing Report, @westwingreport
Best in MusicJonas Brothers, @JonasBrothers
Best in NewsLei Seca RJ, @LeiSecaRJ & The Young Turks, @TheYoungTurks
Best NurseRonivin Pagtakhan, @ronnievinn (now @loveyourselfph) & Matthew Browning, @MatthewBrowning
Best in PoliticsMarina Silva, @silva_marina & The Bloggess, @TheBloggess
Best in ScienceMythBusters, @MythBusters
Best Social Media ExpertFacts About Boys, @FactsAboutBoys
Best in SportsNew Orleans Saints, @Official_Saints
Best in TechSoldier Knows Best, @SoldierKnowBest
Best in TelevisionAttack of the Show, @aots & Sesame Street, @sesamestreet
Best in TravelJD Andrews, @earthXplorer
Best in WeirdAlli Trippy @AlliTrippy & OMG I do this, too, @omgidothistoo

Special Awards

CategoryWinner
Real-Time Photo of the YearDouglas H. Wheelock, @Astro_Wheels for "Moon From Space"
Connecting PeopleShannon Miller, @shannonmmiller
Foursquare Location of the YearSXSW, @SXSW
Foursquare Mayor of the YearBaratunde Thurston, @baratunde
Microblog of the Year on TumblrThe Daily What

Notes and References

  1. Haile-Mariam, Sara: "Shorty Awards Extend Submission Date in Honor of Social Media Week", Social Media Week
  2. http://events.nydailynews.com/new-york-ny/events/show/166127125-the-3rd-annual-shorty-awards/ "Events: The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards"
  3. D'Zurilla, Christie: "Kiefer Sutherland enlisted as Shorty Awards presenter", Los Angeles Times
  4. Web site: The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of Twitter and social media. 3rd.shortyawards.com. 2016-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621151656/https://3rd.shortyawards.com/ . 2019-06-21 . dead.
  5. http://www.shortyawards.com/
  6. http://www.livestream.com/shortyawards
  7. Web site:
    1. EmergingComedian finalists on how Twitter has changed their careers
    . 2011-11-15. Official Shorty Awards Website. 2011-12-20.