# 11th Shorty Awards

The 11th Shorty Awards were held on May 5, 2019, in New York City at the PlayStation Theater. The ceremony was hosted by American actress and comedian Kathy Griffin, along with a music performance by Tank and the Bangas. The event was live streamed on YouTube and Twitter with presenters including Denzel Dion, Devin Lytle, Eva Gutowski, Freddie Ransome, Grace Helbig, Jay Shetty, Lauren Giraldo, Mamrie Hart, Meghan Currie, Miles McKenna, Molly Burke, Raymond Braun, Remi Cruz, Ryland Adams, Samir Mezrahi, Sean Evans, Shangela, and The Try Guys.

## Influencer winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on January 28, 2019, with public voting closing on February 21, 2019. Finalists were announced on March 20, 2019. Winners were announced at the ceremony on May 5, 2019. New categories added this year included Innovator of the Year, Tik Toker of the Year, and Storyteller of the Year.
Winners are listed first and in boldface.

### Arts & Entertainment

| Best Actor Noah Centineo Awkwafina Danai Gurira Emmy Rossum Eva Longoria Jason Momoa John Cho Justin Baldoni Mandy Moore Mindy Kaling Sacha Baron Cohen Tituss Burgess | Best Celebrity Kathy Griffin Common Deepika Padukone Eddie Huang Joe Biden Jon M. Chu Jonah Hill Lil Miquela Reese Witherspoon Russell Brand Whoopi Goldberg Yoko Ono |
| Best Comedian John Mulaney Ali Wong Cameron Esposito Catherine Cohen Chloe Fineman Hannah Gadsby Jaboukie Young-White John Early Matteo Lane Melissa Villaseñor Samantha Ruddy W. Kamau Bell | Best in Dance Kaycee Rice Auti Kamal Brittany Cavaco Chelsie Hill Cynthia Irobunda Dytto Fikshun Jade Chynoweth Justin Peck Omar Z. Robles Shiggy The Kinjaz |
| Best in Music Blackpink Alanis Morissette Bad Bunny Harry Styles Jaden Smith Janelle Monae Kacey Musgraves Mason Ramsey Meek Mill Normani Post Malone Weezer | Best TV Show Brooklyn Nine-Nine Atlanta Barry Dear White People Grown-ish Jersey Shore Shameless Succession The Bold Type The Chi The Last O.G. The Sinner |

### Content of the Year

| Emoji of the Year 🤷🤷‍♂️ *shrug* ✨ just a lil sparkle 👩‍⚖️ when there are 12 👩‍🦰👨‍🦰 the red heads 👽 greetings, earthlings 🥟 dumpling 🥰 kiss kiss kiss 🥳 time to party 🦚 peacock 🧐 seems sus 🛴 scoot scoot 🆒 cool cool cool | GIF of the Year Thank u, next Don't @ me Giiiiirllll Happy Mamma Mia I love you back Let's go baby Not in my house Okurrrrr Reggie Watts applause Sashay away Slide into his DM's girl Surprise |
| Instagram of the Year #blackexcellence #HeidiHalloween And forever starts now... Blessings Hairstyle designed with vibranium Kylie + Stormi Moonlit fog waves No animals were harmed The end of an incredible chapter We got this What about the pot? What'd you guys do today? | Meme of the Year Is this a pigeon? American Chopper argument By Age 35 Change my mind Exit off ramp Gym Kardashian In my Feelings Challenge Knickers the Steer Really Start Dressin' What The Fluff Challenge Yanny vs. Laurel Zendaya is Meechee |

### Creative & Media

| Best Animal Tunameltsmyheart Bertie Bert the Pom Jack the Cockatiel Juniper & Fig Loki the Wolfdog Lucas the Spider Ludwik Guinea Pig Stella Max Pig Suki Cat Tinkerbelle the Dog Walter Good Boy Woof + Walls | Best in Art Shantell Martin Dante Dentoni Felipe Pantone Liana Finck Ruby Silvious Sha'an d'Anthes Subliming.jpg Tatsuya Tanaka thelatestkate Thomas Romain Tyler Spangler Yeah It's Chill |
| Best in Beauty Antonio Garza Cydnee Black Destiny LaShae Dian Pelangi Ellarie Noel Gothamista iluvsarahii Lewys Ball Ling KT Maye Musk Samantha Ravndahl | Best in Fashion Carrie Dragshaw Halima Aden Harling Ross Jasmine Tookes Jeremy Mitchell Jillian Mercado Kerwin Frost Officially Quigley Rocky Barnes Salem Mitchell SartoriallyInc Slick Woods |
| Best in Food Alex French Guy Cooking Brad Leone David Chang Drinking with Chickens Lauren Ko Maangchi Matty Matheson Spoon Fork Bacon Steve1989MREInfo Strictly Dumpling The Icing Artist Yukiko Tanzi | Best in Health & Wellness Jay Shetty Bec Donlan Demi Bagby Dr. Joshua Wolrich Dr. Rahim Gonstead Chiropractor Heather Andersen Jocko Willink Kati Morton Meg Boggs Recipes for Self Love The Lean Machine Wendy Sue Swanson |
| Best in House & Home Marie Kondo Brian Patrick Flynn Corey Damen Jenkins Drew Scott @lonefoxhome Hermione Chantal Judy Aldridge @atlantishome Justina Blakeney Kim + Scott @yellowbrickhome Nicole White @livelaughdecorate Sarah Sherman Samuel Sophie Hinchliffe Terrible Floor Plans | Best in Weird Captain Disillusion @fashionsecrets93 4d3d3d3 Engaged Ballpoint Papi @Tw1tterPicasso Bird Graveyard Coffee Dad Crimes Against Shoemanity Grand Illusions Mickey Avalon SMG4 EbayBae Tyler Adams Dawson @tyleradamsdawson |
| Best Journalist Ronan Farrow Al Bello Charlotte Wilder Elizabeth Weil Emily Chang Gayle King Hannah Dreier John Carreyrou Kara Swisher Lisa Ling Matt Danzico Rachel Nichols | Best in Lifestyle Molly Burke Brendan Fallis Caitlin Covington Kelsey Simone Kurt Ji Lexie Lombard Marianna Hewitt Remi Cruz Rohini Elyse Ryan Clark Silver is the New Blonde Tezza |
| Best LGBTQ+ Account Shangela Adam Eli Ambers Closet Chandler N Wilson Chella Man Desmond is Amazing Gus Kenworthy Jacob Tobia Jessie Paege Melanie Murphy NOAHFINNCE Stevie Boebi | Best in Literature Michelle Obama Angie Thomas Celeste Ng James S. Murray Jason Reynolds Jenny Han Jensen Karp Lauren Oliver Mark Manson Rupi Kaur Tahereh Mafi Tomi Adeyemi |
| Best in Meme/Parody Account @kalesalad @itsanimatedtext @menotgivingafuck @nihilist_arbys @pixelatedboat @renaissance__man @sadtopographies @seinfeld2000 @tank.sinatra @teenagestepdad @thesamepictureofchrispratt_ @uglydesign | Best in Parenting/Family JesssFam Amanda Auer averageparentproblems Beleaf in Fatherhood father_of_daughters Jamie and Nikki Kids Eat in Color KKandbabyJ Life with Micah Mel and Shane th3littlestavenger The Bafana Family |
| Best in Sports Aly Raisman Adam Rippon David Ortiz Joel Embiid JuJu Smith-Schuster Mo'ne Davis Naomi Osaka Pat McAfee Saina Nehwal Shaquem Griffin Shawn Johnson East Shib Sibs | Best Web Series This Might Get AM2DM Cobra Kai Good Mythical Morning Hiking with Kevin How It Should Have Ended Like & Subscribe Liza on Demand Sideswiped Sorry For Your Loss The Burger Show |
| Best in Games K/DA – Pop/Stars Westworlds: The Maze Celebrity Champion Challenges – Marvel Contest of Champions Critical Role The Call of Duty Alexa Skill Xbox Game Pass Twitter Presence Eve Online - Recruit Friends, Get Rewards PUBG Mobile North American Launch Sentinel of the Spaceways (Marvel Contest of Champions' 4-year Anniversary) |

### Team Internet

| Breakout YouTuber of the Year Peter McKinnon Actually Happened Ashley aka bestdressed Denzel Dion Doctor Mike Haley Pham Madelaine Petsch Moriah Elizabeth Subhi Taha Summer McKeen TechMe0ut Will Smith | YouTuber of the Year Shane Dawson Andre "Black Nerd" Meadows Colleen Ballinger David Dobrik DeStorm Power Emma Chamberlain Guava Juice James Charles Lauren Giraldo Michelle Khare Tana Mongeau Zane Hijazi |
| Instagrammer of the Year @rickeythompson @andrewknapp @beijing_silvermine @garyjanetti @gryffindior @itsjojosiwa @tinycactus @thehungrygentleman @olympiaohanian @punk_history @sarashakeel @isteef | Twitch Streamer of the Year Ninja Adam Koebel Becca Cahlaflour Castro_1021 ClassyKatie Disguised Toast Hafu Sweet Anita TSM_Daequan xChocoBars ZeRo |
| Best YouTube Musician Conan Gray AJ Rafael Alex G Dotan Negrin Jared Dines Lennon Stella Max and Harvey Next Town Down Sophia Grace Taylor Davis Tyler Ward VoicePlay | Best YouTube Ensemble The Try Guys Bright Sun Films Brooklyn and Bailey Cole&Sav Familia Diamond HellthyJunkFood Jess and Gabriel Merrell Twins Sidemen TFIL Yes Theory Sister Squad |
| Tik-Toker of the Year Nala Cat Ari Fararooy Austin and Gabby Awez Darbar Billy Mann Dominic Toliver Drea Knows Best Jesse La Flair Kailey Maurer Katja Glieson LeeThe4th Nathan Piland | Vlogger of the Year Ryland Adams Ami Yamato Chris Chann Ellie Thumann Josh Peck Erika Costell Heath Hussar Justin Escalona MrBeast Nicole Laeno Olivia Jade Sara Dietschy |
| Best YouTube Comedian MacDoesIt Evelyn from the Internets Gus Johnson Jarvis Johnson Joana Ceddia Kalen Allen Karina Garcia Mikaela Long Morgz Nick Antonyan Rachel Ballinger Tré Melvin | |

### Tech & Innovation

| Best in Activism Mari Copeny Bernice A. King Blair Imani Brittany Packnett Colin Kaepernick Danny Glover Jameela Jamil Marley Dias Michael Skolnik Monica Lewinsky Nyle DiMarco Sonita Alizadeh | Best in Education Tristan Paredes Be Kind Rewind Cody's Lab Early EDventures Five Foot One Teacher Kaptain Kristian Mark Rober Parker Walbeck Physics Girl Sam O'Nella Academy Stan Prokopenko The Backyard Scientist |
| Best in Gaming GamingWithJen Chris Smoove deligracy GeeSice GLITCHXCITY KayKayEs laurenzside Logdotzip Myth Roanoke Gaming Shesez Valkyrae | Best Podcast Tiny Meat Gang Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard Awards Chatter Dr. Death How I Built This with Guy Raz Las Culturistas The Last Podcast on the Left My Favorite Murder Now What? with Arian Foster Pod Save the People Slow Burn Still Processing |
| Best in Travel @brandonmjordan @lostleblanc @jamesrelfdyer @onestep4ward @hopscotchtheglobe @spiritedpursuit @marisahampe @im_nicolemarie @oneikatraveller @rayawashere Sailing La Vagabonde @cupoftj | Innovator of the Year Lady Gaga Ava DuVernay Bo Burnham Brian Armstrong Elon Musk Emily Weiss Karena Evans Kendrick Lamar Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Sara Blakely Tristan Walker Whitney Wolfe Herd |

## Brand and Organization winners and nominees

| Best in Branded Content Rice Krispies Treats Love Notes Can't Judge a Book Can't Judge a Book (2) L.L.Bean Be an Outsider at Work Love Has No Labels, Rising Now That's A Cardiac | Best Branded Podcast Rachel Maddow Presents: Bag Man, an MSNBC Podcast Escape At Dannemora: Real Crime Profile Podcast Series Audience Honor: Gold UnErased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America Silver Breach: A Podcast by Carbonite Exploring Data Breaches & Cybersecurity Exchanges at Goldman Sachs Podcast |
| Best Branded Series AT&T Hello Lab Presents "Guilty Party 4 Photographers Shoot The Same Model DBS Sparks Mini-Series Extreme I.T. series Momsplaining Season 2 You Know That Scene Series | |