ShortyAwards.com - Vote For The Twitterer Of The Year

The Shorty Awards is an online initiative that aims to honor the top users in the Twitterverse. The site enables you to nominate any person you want in any of the existing categories.

Some of these include “Finance”, “Personal” and “Sports” along with others such as “Tech” and “Startups”. Of course, it is also possible to nominate via Twitter by tweeting @shortyawards with a “@nominee” and a “#category”, as well as detailing why do you think that person deserves the accolade.

The five people that amass the most votes in each category will then go on a final voting round, and those who emerge as the winners will deliver a speech at a ceremony held in New York City. This speech has the particularity of being limited to140 characters, in order to keep the flag of micro-blogging going.

You can check out the way things are shaping up on the main page of the site, as those who have already received the most nominations are featured there. This way, you can see what your chances are and act in consequence.

“The Shorty Awards honor the world's top Twitterers. You can nominate as many people for as many categories as you'd like until midnight December 31st.”

It is a fitting way of paying your respects to the ones who entertain and enlighten you the most via Twitter.

Are there similar endeavors or is this one a forerunner in itself?