We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 6th Annual Shorty Awards! Congratulations to all! The brands, agencies, and media companies that are Industry Awards finalists will be announced soon. The Real-Time Academy will choose the winners from the list of finalists below which will be announced at our awards ceremony on April 7th in New York. You can tune in and sign up for a reminder at ShortyAwards.com or purchase tickets here. Ashley Lee has the full story in the Hollywood Reporter.

Categories & finalists below:

Entertainment

#Actor

Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8

Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina

Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones

Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur

Shah Rukh Khan, @iamsrk

Misha Collins, @mishacollins

Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien

#Actress

Felicia Day, @feliciaday

Lena Dunham, @lenadunham

Retta, @unfoRETTAble

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz

Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove

#Band

Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony

One Direction, @onedirection

Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush

The Script, @thescript

Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel

5 Seconds of Summer, @5SOS

EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree

#Celebrity

Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8

Ian McKellen, @IanMcKellen

LeVar Burton, @levarburton

Justin Bieber, @justinbieber

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

Demetria Lovato, @ddlovato

#Comedian

Albert Brooks, @AlbertBrooks

Julie Klausner, @julieklausner

Patton Oswalt, @pattonoswalt

Janoskians, @janoskians

Verb, @VernNotice

Tata Werneck, @Tatawerneck

Jake Paul, @JakePaul19

#Director

Edgar Wright, @edgarwright

Paul Feig, @paulfeig

Rian Johnson, @rianjohnson

Alfredo Flores, @AlfredoFlores

Dean Sherwood, @DeanSherwood

Sham Idrees, @Shamidrees

Jonah Green, @JonahGreen

#FakeAccount

Fake AP Stylebook, @FakeAPStylebook

KimKierkegaardashian, @KimKierkegaard

Modern Seinfeld, @SeinfeldToday

La Dra, @iauraB

Eike Batista, @EikeBatiiista

Not Dany Heatley, @DanyAllStar15

UgglyZorra, @UgglyZorra

#Fansite

News for TV Majors, @N4TVM

Pottermore, @pottermore

Supernatural Wiki, @SuperWiki

HK News, @HechossKidrauhl

Niall Horan Spanish, @NiallSpanish

Justin Bieber News, @TeamLatinJustin

1D Family, @1DFAMlLY

#Music

Amanda Palmer, @amandapalmer

Questlove, @questlove

Yoko Ono, @yokoono

Emine Music, @EmineMusic

Justin Bieber, @justinbieber

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

#NonHuman

Cancellation Bear, @TheCancelBear

Cute Emergency, @CuteEmergency

Self Aware ROOMBA, @SelfAwareROOMBA

Moça Complicada, @DoceComplicada

SarcasticRover, @SarcasticRover

Tony The Tiger, @TonyTiger2000

Loki_Lego, @Loki_Lego

#Singer

Ben Folds, @BenFolds

Josh Groban, @joshgroban

Questlove, @questlove

Kellin Quinn, @Kellinquinn

Justin Bieber, @justinbieber

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

#TVShow

Fallon Tonight, @FallonTonight

Orphan Black, @OrphanBlack

Scandal, @ScandalABC

Programa da Babalu, @ProgramaBabalu

Pretty Little Liars, @ABCFpll

Teen Wolf, @MTVteenwolf

Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush

News & Media

#Athlete

Billie Jean King, @BillieJeanKing

Brandon McCarthy, @BMcCarthy32

Tom Daley, @TomDaley1994

Álvaro Morata, @AlvaroMorata

Nattie, @NatbyNature

Cristiano Ronaldo, @Cristiano

Jeff Gordon, @JeffGordonWeb

#Food

David Lebovitz, @davidlebovitz

Food52, @Food52

J. Kenji López-Alt, @TheFoodLab

SORTED Food, @sortedfood

Otávio Albuquerque, @taviao

Jamie Oliver, @jamieoliver

Rebecca Subbiah, @chowandchatter

Muck Rack’s #Journalist

Ben Swann, @BenSwann_

Tim Pool, @Timcast

Jake Adelstein, @jakeadelstein

Sarah Jones Reports, @SarahJReports

Steve Herman, @W7VOA

Cher Calvin, @chercalvin

Anna Therese Day, @AnnaOfArabia

Kickstarter of the Year

Everyone’s Got A Story EP

“Button Eyes” - A Short Music Film starring Alexander Vlahos

The Phoenix Project - City of Titans

The Veronica Mars Movie Project

Big Giant Circles - “The Glory Days” (Impostor Nostalgia 2)

Craig the Genie - Pilot Episode

WARMACHINE: Tactics

Newsworthy Photo of the Year

Pope Francis Introduction by Roberto Luigi

Selfie With Pope Francis by Fabio M. Ragona

Bomb at the Boston Marathon by Tyler Wakstein

At Mass for immigrant justice protest of closures by Charles Fox

Taskim square during the Gezi protests by Jenna Pope

Seats for detainees in packed room by Palina Prasasouk

A march down Istiklal St in Istanbul by Jenna Pope

#SocialFitness

Gretchen Reynolds, @GretchenReynold

Leslie Barker Garcia, @ohlesliebarker

Tyler Graham, @_Tyler_Graham_

Eva Andressa , @eva_andressa

The Mighty Jerd, @TheMightyJerd

Leonardo Schulz, @LeoSchulzWOW

DDP Yoga, @DDPYoga

#SportsTeam

Los Angeles Dodgers, @Dodgers

New York Mets, @Mets

San Diego Chargers, @chargers

New Orleans Saints, @Saints

New England Patriots, @Patriots

Rebellion Racing, @RebellionRacing

Aston Martin Racing, @AMR_Official

#Weird

Matt Watson, @biorhythmist

Darth, @darth

The Iron Sheik, @the_ironsheik

MattG124, @MattG124

Ray Ligaya, @RayLigaya

Buck Wolf, @wolfb

Sexy Horse Apocalyps, @famoushorse

Tech & Innovation

#Apps

Around The Way App, @atwapp

Digg, @digg

Magic Recs, @MagicRecs

Shots, @shots

Viva Ronaldo, @VivaRonaldo

chsuede.com, @sitechsuede

Dean Johnson, @activrightbrain

Barnes & Noble College’s #BNCollege

University of Houston, @UHouston

Binghamton University, @binghamtonu

B&N at Texas Tech, @BNTexasTech

Boston University’s College of Communication, @comugrad

Illinois State, @IllinoisStateU

Rowan University, @RowanUniversity

WVU Mountaineers, @WestVirginiaU

#Blogger

Emily Willingham, @ejwillingham

Maryn McKenna, @marynmck

Terrance Gaines, @BrothaTech

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Edney Cunha, @EdneyCunha

Limon Tec, @LimonTec

Natalia Cardoso, @nahcardoso

Cox BLUE’s #BusinessInfluencer

Gemma Godfrey, @GCGodfrey

Marsha Collier, @MarshaCollier

Lolly Daskal, @LollyDaskal

Renee Blodgett , @MagicSauceMedia

Guy Kawasaki, @GuyKawasaki

Ted Coine, @tedcoine

Scott Levy, @FuelOnline

#Gaming

Chelsea Stark, @chelseabot

The Escapist, @TheEscapistMag

Polygon, @Polygon

James, @UberHaxorNova

Vilhena, @Vilhennaa_

San In Play, @DjSan_

JeromeASF, @JeromeASF

#Maker

Becky Stern, @bekathwia

DIY, @DIY

Adafruit Industries, @adafruit

Ricardo Santiago, @RikEditor

Noob Dubi, @noobdubi

vanessariadi, @vanessariadi

Net, @Net_Pork

#Podcaster

This American Life, @ThisAmerLife

Night Vale podcast, @NightValeRadio

Radiolab, @Radiolab

Jovem Nerd, @jovemnerd

Baker St Babes, @BakerStBabes

Elon James White, @elonjames

Steve Black Jr., @draggingalake

#Science

Black Girls Code, @BlackGirlsCode

IFLScience, @IFLScience

Neil deGrasse Tyson, @neiltyson

Atila Iamarino, @oatila

Real Scientists, @realscientists

Nerdologia, @Nerdologia

NASA, @NASA

#SmallBusiness

The Brooklyn Circus, @TheBKcircus

The Hay Merchant, @HayMerchant

She’s the First, @shesthefirst

Diamond Candles, @diamondcandles

804 Street Media, @804StreetMedia

Jay Philips, @jayphilips

Valued Merchants, @ValuedMerchants

Tumblr of the Year

Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls at the Party

Quantified Breakup

The Worst Room

Pizza Queen

Unwritten

Hannibal

Meladoodle

#WebShow

Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSeinfeld, @JerrySeinfeld

Derek Muller, @veritasium

Henry Reich, @minutephysics

BryanStars, @BryanStars

KEEMSTAR #DramaAlert, @KEEMSTARx

Close Friends WS, @CloseFriendsWS

Christian Figueiredo, @Christian_fig

Arts & Design

#Art

Artsy, @artsy

Molly Crabapple, @mollycrabapple

Rachel Ryle, @rachelryle

Gerard Way, @gerardway

Brice, @GoldSolace

Ladt Gaga, @ladyGaga

Egi Pranajaya, @ohohegy

#Author

Anne Lamott, @ANNELAMOTT

Margaret E. Atwood, @MargaretAtwood

Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself

Anna Renee, @imaginator1dx

Mel Fronckowiak, @melfronckowiak

Estelle Maskame @estxlle

Doeneseya Bates, @doeneseya

#Fashion

Bill Cunningham, @BCNYthemovie

The Fashion Bomb, @thefashionbomb

Man Repeller, @ManRepeller

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Dani Bolina, @Dbolina

Gabriela Rippi , @Gabrielarippi

Rangga Dewamoela S., @Rangga_Moela

#GIFMaker

Ann Friedman, @annfriedman

Timothy Burke, @bubbaprog

Trent Nelson, @trenthead

MalikftSelena, @MalikftSelena

WrasslorMonkey, @WrasslorMonkey

Daniel_JessieJ, @Daniel_JessieJ

Ryan Holmes, @HelloRyanHolmes

GIF of the Year

Pizza Cat

Matrix Cat

Boston Blizzard Signing

Dancing Bane

SHO-RYU-KEN! - Wrestling With Text

Bigodão

Justin Timberlake nails Taylor Swift’s surprised face

A&E’s Instagram Video of the Year

Burberry’s Slow-Motion Fashion Walk by Burberry

Ravioli by Livisala

Starbucks Drake Hands by DJ Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner

Recovery is now on iTunes get it now! by Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber’s first Instagram video by Justin Bieber

I Look Good by Paul Zedrich

Justin Bieber’s siblings by Justin Bieber

#Instagrammer

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Justin Bieber, @justinbieber

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

Dukk Deuce, @Dukk2

Gabriela Rippi, @Gabrielarippi

Shoutouts, @Shoutouts

Fly, @flybr

#Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum, @GettyMuseum

Museum Nerd, @museumnerd

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, @ybca

Muzeum Erotyzmu, @muzeumerotyzmu

Horniman Museum, @HornimanMuseum

Royal Ontario Museum, @ROMtoronto

#Photography

David Guttenfelder, @dguttenfelder

Liz Eswein, @newyorkcityliz

Pete Souza, @petesouza

Adam Elmakias, @elmakias

Lucas Felix, @soulucasfelix

Nance Larson, @NanceLarson

Dr. Frank Simon, @silverstar22b

#VideoBlogger

Chris Pirillo, @ChrisPirillo

Jullien Gordon, @JullienGordon

Ryan Higa, @TheRealRyanHiga

Matthew Lush, @MatthewLush

Will Shepherd, @shep689

Whindersson, @whindersson

Shooter Hates You, @ShooterHatesYou

Vine of the Year

That was a close one by Logan Paul

My Puddin’ with, @hamillhimself by Tara Strong and Mark Hamill

Steve Gleason live-tweeting with his eyes during Saturday night’s game by Team Gleason

My reflection is cooler than me by Chad Jaxon Perez

Strata paper by Dylan Blau

Woooooooul by P9 Official

Wanna Buy a Viner? by Nick Spears KC James and Arielle Vanderberg

Univision’s #Vineographer

Cody Johns, @CodybJohns

Cupcake Dude, @TheDudeBakes

Pinot, @pinot

Logan Paul, @LoganAPaul

Jake Paul, @JakePaul19

Marcus Johns, @marcusjohns

Carter Reynolds, @Mr_Carterr

#YouTubeStar

Harley Morenstein, @HarleyPlays

Jenna Marbles, @Jenna_Marbles

Petty Rubble, @KidFury

Cauê Moura, @cauemoura

Emine Music, @EmineMusic

Justin Bieber, @justinbieber

TrueStoryASA, @TrueStoryASA

Global Issues

#Activism

Brady Campaign, @bradybuzz

The Elders, @TheElders

Smart Gun Laws, @smartgunlaws

Bang yongguk, @BAP_Bangyongguk

Canal do Otário, @CanalDoOtario

Milk Tyson, @MILKTYSON

Against Suicide, @AgainstSuicide

#Charity

Charity Water, @charitywater

Nature Conservancy, @nature_org

Oxfam International, @Oxfam

Random Acts, @therandomactorg

BelieveTicketProject, @BelieveTickProj

Hilgos Foundation, @IRememberBetter

IS Foundation, @IS_Foundation

#Education

ESL Library, @ESLlibrary

Ron Clark Academy, @ronclarkacademy

StudyMode, @StudyMode

Pirula, @Pirulla25

Official FIRST, @FIRSTweets

Joey Feith, @JoeyFeith

Quran Weekly, @QuranWeekly

#Government

Cory Booker, @CoryBooker

David Cameron, @David_Cameron

NASA Goddard, @NASAGoddard

Ridwan Kamil, @ridwankamil

Jesse Ventura, @GovJVentura

Zach Crandell, @liblogic

City of Las Vegas, @CityOfLasVegas

#Green

350 dot org, @350

Green For You, @greenforyou

Sustainable Cities , @sustaincities

Michael Q Todd, @mqtodd

Lady Gaga, @ladyGaga

Drew Chadwick, @DrewChadwickE3

Aaron Carpenter, @aaroncarpenter_

New York Life's #KeepGoodGoing

Everyone Is Gay, @everyoneisgay

Jen Arnold, @JenArnoldMD

Rock Christopher, @RockChristopher

Jen Vargas, @jenvargas

Sarah Walton, @betterwaymoms

Elizabeth Norton, @ElizabethNorton

Meg V. Jones, @ItsMegNotMegan

#TeenActivism

Buddy Project, @ProjectBuddy

EndBullyinNow, @EndBullyinnow

Free & Above, @FreeAndAbove

Why To Stay Strong, @WhyToStayStrong

It Gets Better, @iknowimyouridol

The Help Hotline, @TheHelpHotline

Hope, @bulletproofh0pe

Countries

#Brazil

Midia NINJA, @MidiaNINJA

Porta dos Fundos, @portadosfundos

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, @KAKA

Cauê Moura, @cauemoura

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Bonde da Stronda, @BONDEDASTRONDA

#UK