1st Shorty Awards

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The 1st Annual Shorty Awards
DateFebruary 11, 2009 (2009-02-11)
LocationGalapagos Art Space, New York City
Hosted by Rick Sanchez
Shorty Awards ·  2nd  

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]

CategoryWinner
Best in AdvertisingPeggy Olson, @PeggyOlson
Best in Appsbrightkit, @brightkit
Best BrandAction Wipes, @MarthaVan
Best in BusinessPaw Luxury, @PawLuxury
Best in Design Yiying Lu, @yiyinglu
Best in EducationRubyLearning, @RubyLearning
Best in EntertainmentFlashlight Worthy Books, @FLWBooks
Best in Finance StockTwits, @StockTwits
Best in FoodFoodimentary, @foodimentary
Best in Greengreen jaden @greenjaden on twitter
Best in HealthDebra Wendler, @ADHDParenting
Best in Humor Charles Trippy, @charlestrippy
Best in MusicHunter Burgan, @tranquilmammoth
Best in News BNO News, @BreakingNewsOn
Best in NonprofitsAthletes for a Cure, @athletes4acure
Best PersonalArleen Boyd, @AlohaArleen
Best in PhotographyKyle Reese, @Twipphoto
Best in PoliticsJustin Hart, @justin_hart
Best in ScienceNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, @MarsPhoenix
Best in Social MediaDan Zarrella, @danzarrella
Best in SportsJackie, @girlwithnoname
Best in StartupsHanniversary, @hanniversary
Best in TechTwitter Tips, @Twitter_Tips
Best in TravelCruise Source, @cruisesource
Best in Video Games Justin McElroy, @justinmcelroy
Best in WeirdMartin Sargent, @martinsargent

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