The year's best producers of short* egocentric content
*140 characters or less, on Twitter
The Shorty Awards honors the year's best content producers on Twitter.
The first annual Shorty Awards Ceremony was held on February 11, 2009. Read what the press had to say about it and watch video from the night. Get news about next year's awards and who to follow on Twitter by joining the email list, subscribing to the blog, or following @ShortyNews on Twitter.
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Top nominees in egocentric
- #advertising
Top nominees in advertising, sponsored by Porter Novelli@Mariansalzman: Public Relations, PR http://t.co/DfqKIx... via @AddThis Euro RSCG Worldwide PR moves into top 10 #erwwpr - #apps
- #brand
- #business
- #design
- #education
- #entertainment
Top nominees in entertainment, sponsored by Rocketboom@rocketboom: Check out the sneak peak to an all-new comedic web series coming to Rocketboom!
http://bit.ly/8YDn... - #finance
- #food
Top nominees in food, sponsored by Epicurious@epicurious: It's Brussels sprout season! Love 'em as a side but how about as a main? http://ow.ly/35hmI - #green
- #health
- #humor
- #music
Top nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: #CheckOut #BostonCeltics #dancing to Wacka Flocka in the locker room! http://bit.ly/axk2... - #newsTop nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: #CheckOut #BostonCeltics #dancing to Wacka Flocka in the locker room! http://bit.ly/axk2...
Top nominees in news, sponsored by PR Newswire@prnewswire: Thanks! #FF Happy weekend! : ) @dansturgill @jheineck @kingipapp - #nonprofits
- #personal
- #photography
- #politics
- #science
- #socialmedia
Top nominees in socialmedia, sponsored by PepsiCo@pepsi: Did you love #PepsiRefresh this year? Nominate us for the Mashable Awards for Most Creative Social Good Campaign! http://pep.si/bYy4... ^BP - #sports
- #startups
- #tech
Top nominees in tech, sponsored by KlickableTV@klickabletv: Apologies to anyone trying to upload a photo...we've accidentally disabled it to build some cool new stuff! Email us and get a free PRO acct - #travel
- #videogames
- #weird
- all categories...
1
@wailinglist
- 56 nominations in #egocentric
- 7 nominations in #business
- 3 nominations in #humor
- 1 nomination in #brand
I recommend @wailinglist in the Shorty Award category #egocentric because he's a pathetic, egocentric slob.
I nominate @wailinglist for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because... he needs it... badly.
I nominate @wailinglist for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because...he asked...and people should get something for asking.
2
@geekmommy
- 26 nominations in #egocentric
- 4 nominations in #socialmedia
- 3 nominations in #tech
- 1 nomination in #humor
I nominate @geekmommy in #egocentric #moms #geek #tech #socialmedia #humor #women because a geeky gal's gotta <3 @geekmommy
I nominate @geekmommy in #tech #socialmedia #humor #women she is one of the few real geekette's which makes her awesome!
I nominate @geekmommy in #egocentric #moms and #geek because, well, because her username explains it all.
3
@cdx
- 20 nominations in #egocentric
- 3 nominations in #asshole
- 2 nominations in #you
- 2 nominations in #douche
I encourage you to nominate @wbm for a Shorty Award @shortyawards in #programming because of his great .NET podcasts and tweets!
5
@Colten420
- 5 nominations in #programming
- 4 nominations in #apps
- 4 nominations in #egocentric
- 2 nominations in #tech
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #programming because...He is Ze bestest.
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #videogames because...he pwns all
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because... he's good with tech, and is willing to help everyone he ...
I nominate @GorillaSushi for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because he is an egomaniacal unicorn desecrating..uh...freak. yeah.
I nominate @GorillaSushi for a Shorty Award in #humor because he lets me stalk him
I nominate @GorillaSushi for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because...Well, If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand
7
@brunsvold
- 19 nominations in #awesomeness
- 3 nominations in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #badassery
- 1 nomination in #awesome
I nominate @brunsvold for a Shorty Award in #WangChunging because everybody will wang chung tonight.
i am happy to say @brunsvold is still #1 in the shorty awards for awesomeness http://shortyawards.com/category/awesomeness
I nominate @brunsvold in category #badassery because he's a bad ass!
8
@raincoaster
- 14 nominations in #nonprofits
- 3 nominations in #personal
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 2 nominations in #egotistical
I nominate @raincoaster for a Shorty Award in #nonprofits because she deserves it!
I nominate @raincoaster for a Shorty Award in #nonprofits because...she cares...
I nominate @raincoaster for a Shorty Award in #nonprofits because she's a hard worker with a big heart!
10
@tia_marie
- 3 nominations in #evilgenius
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 2 nominations in #cool
- 1 nomination in #egotistical
http://shortyawards.com/user/tia_marie everyone nominate @tia_marie for #evilgenious :D
I nominate @tia_marie for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because she nominated herself for #evilgenius. :) eep
@shortyawards @tia_marie for Shorty Award in #evilgenius because she can global ban @tia_marie > @darthvader http://is.gd/c5YB :)
I nominate @godofthedead for a Shorty Award in #annoying because it's self-explanatory.
I nominate @godofthedead for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because nobody else is as self-absorbed as that jerk! hahaha :P
I nominate @godofthedead for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because i laugh at my alter ego constantly.
I nominate @BradmanTV for a Shorty Award in #humor because I've met the man personally and he is a funny, funny guy.
I nominate @BradmanTV for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because he is one, and he is still awesome
I nominate @BradmanTV for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because he should win =)
13
@rdeal1
- 78 nominations in #socialmedia
- 14 nominations in #advertising
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 2 nominations in #entertainment
I vote for @rdeal1 in the Shorty Awards Finals for #socialmedia because he knows it very well and is helpful to many.
I vote for @rdeal1 in the Shorty Awards Finals for #advertising because he's into robots & thinks Cheesecake Factory is good!
I vote for @rdeal1 in the Shorty Awards Finals for #advertising because...i like the tone of his blog posts-he's a nice guy
@shortyawards #egocentric @dailybuddhism because he is winning as a result of begging for votes This is Not the Buddhist way. the other ...
I nominate @dailybuddhism for a Shorty Award in #religion because...I think it does a great job of explaining buddhism.
I nominate @dailybuddhism for a Shorty Award in #religion because... I love the podcast!
16
@garystager
- 41 nominations in #education
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #humor
- 1 nomination in #news
I vote 4 @garystager in the Shorty Awards Finals 4 #education because he looks so remarkably like the Vice President!
I vote for @garystager in the Shorty Awards Finals for #education because he has insightful knowledge
I vote for @garystager in the Shorty Awards Finals for #education because his Edutweets are the greatest.
17
@DamienBasile
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #tech
- 1 nomination in #socialmedia
- 1 nomination in #awesome
I nominate @DamienBasile for a Shorty Award in #socialmedia because he excels at providing the best information and advice.
Instead of nominating ppl for meaningless @shortyawards,why not just intro your network to interesting ppl w/ @DamienBasile's #valueadd tag.
I nominate @DamienBasile for a Shorty Award in #awesome because of his #valueadd tweets!
18
@bryanviper
- 3 nominations in #multitasking
- 2 nominations in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #humor
- 1 nomination in #weird
@shortyawards @bryanviper #multitasking :P
I nominate @bryanviper for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because you're stuck WAY TOO FAR IN your own world
I nominate @bryanviper for a Shorty Award in #multitasking because he asked me. then i thought: he deserves it.
I nominate @adomatica for a Shorty Award in #humor because... he's pulled some quick stunts and will again! I'm sure of it.
I nominate @adomatica for a Shorty Award in #advertising because....it just makes sense.
Retweeting @shortyawards: @carlaarena, you were nominated by @emapey2 for a #education Shorty Award http://bit.ly/FJKL Thanks, Eduardo!
I nominate @carlaarena for a Shorty Award in #education because she is a friendly contact since explode.us network
I nominate @mchoh for a Shorty Award in #comedy because of his videos on youtube.com/mchoh - particularly bond, boy band, milk
23
@blogwelldone
- 40 nominations in #food
- 2 nominations in #business
- 1 nomination in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #humor
I vote for @blogwelldone in the Shorty Awards Finals for #food because he feeds me food through my helmet
I vote for @blogwelldone in the Shorty Awards Finals for #food because...his writing does it for me!
I vote for @blogwelldone in the Shorty Awards Finals for #food because hes on top of his game when it comes to food!
24
@EndTheRobocalls
- 1 nomination in #nonprofits
- 1 nomination in #business
- 1 nomination in #egocentric
- 1 nomination in #politics
Nominating @EndTheRobocalls for a #business @shortyawards for promoting integrity in political speech.
I nominate @EndTheRobocalls for a Shorty Award in #politics because they shamed politicians who robocalled!
I nominate @EndTheRobocalls for a Shorty Award in #nonprofits because they hate Political Robocalls and I do as well!
