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.[3]

The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards
DateMarch 28, 2011 (2011-03-28)
LocationThe Times Center, New York City
Hosted byAasif Mandvi
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Winners

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The third annual winners by category:[4]

Category Winner
Best Actor Neil Patrick Harris, @ActuallyNPH[5][6]
Best Actress Stana Katic, @Stana_Katic
Best in Apps COLOURlovers, @colourlovers
Best in Art One Stop Poetry, @Onestoppoetry
Best Author Shawn Stewart, @treatwomenright & John Green, @realjohngreen
Best Celebrity Kim Jae-joong, @mjjeje
Best Charity The Trevor Project, @trevorproject
Best Comedian

(in Conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival)

Harrison Greenbaum, @harrisoncomedy[7]
Best Cultural Institution Tyneside Cinema, @tynesidecinema & Science Gallery, @ScienceGallery
Best in Customer Service Research In Motion, @BlackBerryHelp
Best in Design Codeorama, @Codeorama
Best in Entertainment Barney Stinson, @Broslife
Best in Fashion Ann Li, @AnnLouieLi
Best Fan Page Ke$ha Time, @keshastime & Hey Britney, @heybritney
Best in Finance Slow Money, @SlowMoney
Best in Food Epic Meal Time, @epicmealtime
Best in Gaming Adam Montoya, @SeaNanners
Best in Government Cory Booker, @CoryBooker
Best in Green Mud Baron, @Cocoxochitl
Best in Humor The Dark Lord, @Lord_Voldemort7
Best in Innovation Rene Silva Santos, @Rene_Silva_RJ
Best Journalist West Wing Report, @westwingreport
Best in Music Jonas Brothers, @JonasBrothers
Best in News Lei Seca RJ, @LeiSecaRJ & The Young Turks, @TheYoungTurks
Best Nurse Ronivin Pagtakhan, @ronnievinn (now @loveyourselfph) & Matthew Browning, @MatthewBrowning
Best in Politics Marina Silva, @silva_marina & The Bloggess, @TheBloggess
Best in Science MythBusters, @MythBusters
Best Social Media Expert Facts About Boys, @FactsAboutBoys
Best in Sports New Orleans Saints, @Official_Saints
Best in Tech Soldier Knows Best, @SoldierKnowBest
Best in Television Attack of the Show, @aots & Sesame Street, @sesamestreet
Best in Travel JD Andrews, @earthXplorer
Best in Weird Alli Trippy @AlliTrippy & OMG I do this, too, @omgidothistoo

Special Awards

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Category Winner
Real-Time Photo of the Year Douglas H. Wheelock, @Astro_Wheels for "Moon From Space"
Connecting People Shannon Miller, @shannonmmiller
Foursquare Location of the Year SXSW, @SXSW
Foursquare Mayor of the Year Baratunde Thurston, @baratunde
Microblog of the Year on Tumblr The Daily What

References

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  1. ^ Haile-Mariam, Sara: "Shorty Awards Extend Submission Date in Honor of Social Media Week", Social Media Week
  2. ^ "Events: The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards", New York Daily News
  3. ^ a b D'Zurilla, Christie: "Kiefer Sutherland enlisted as Shorty Awards presenter", Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ "The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of Twitter and social media". 3rd.shortyawards.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. ^ [1], Shorty Awards Site
  6. ^ [2], 2011 Shorty Awards on LiveStream.com
  7. ^ "#EmergingComedian finalists on how Twitter has changed their careers". Official Shorty Awards Website. November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.