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1st Shorty Awards

1st Shorty Awards

Awards show for short-form social web media content

The first Shorty Awards ceremony was held on February 11, 2009, at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, New York. Approximately 300 people attended the event.[1] The event was hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and featured appearances by prominent Twitter users MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk and a video appearance by Shaquille O'Neal.[2][3] The awards, in 26 categories, were voted on by Twitter users.[4][5]

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History

The Shorty Awards were created in 2008 by tech entrepreneurs Greg Galant, Adam Varga, and Lee Semel of Sawhorse Media.[4][6] They invited Twitter account holders to nominate the best Twitter users in general categories such as humor, news, food, and design.[7] Winners were chosen by more than 30,000 Twitter users during the voting period.[4] The founders of Twitter first heard about the awards after the contest had gotten underway and expressed support for it.[4]

Winners

The first annual winners by category:[8]

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References

  1. [1]
    Otterman, Sharon: "The Scene at the Shorty Twitter Awards: Chatter", The New York Times
  2. [2]
    Vilensky, Mike: "The Media Is Twittering Away Its Short Time on Earth" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, New York Magazine
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    Capistrano, Daniela: "MC Hammer, AFI's Hunter Burgan Celebrate Twitter Mania At Shorty Awards" Archived 2015-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, MTV News
  4. [4]
    Holmes, Elizabeth: "Surviving the Drama of the Twitter Awards", The Wall Street Journal
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    Turnquist, Kristi: "Portland's Carri Bugbee plays Peggy Olson of 'Mad Men' on Twitter", The Oregonian
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    Neisser, Drew: "How the Shorty Awards Became the Oscars of Social Media", Fast Company
  7. [7]
    Stone, Brad: "From the Twittersphere: Trophies for the Best Tweets", The New York Times Bits Blog
  8. [8]
    "The 2008 Shorty Awards Winners and Finalists". The Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12.
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