Posts Tagged ‘shorty awards’

In the Homestretch – the Race for Space!

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The 2nd Annual Shorty Awards has reached the crucial vote-off stage. If you didn’t participate in the nominations, now, more than ever, is the time to make your vote count!

This stage runs only five days, from February 1 through February 5, so head on over to the Shorty site to cast your votes for Space.  All original nominations count as votes, so if you already voted for one of the finalists in the nominations stage, you don’t need to vote for them again in this finalists round.  If you haven’t yet voted, please do!  You can vote for more than one finalist in each category, but only once per finalist per category.  Below, are the Space finalists, linked directly to their respective categories.

P.S.  The #education category for which I was nominated did not make it into the official categories, so I am not a finalist.  Thank you, so much, to all who voted for me in the nomination round; and congratulations to finalists NASA, Twitter ISS Alerts, Jen Scheer, and Newbury Astronomy – Go #Spacetweeps!

NASA in #government … Vote Here

twisst (Twitter ISS Alerts) in #science … Vote Here

FlyingJenny (Jen Scheer) in #science  … Vote Here

NewburyAS (Newbury Astronomy) in #science … Vote Here

The Race for Space!

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

There is a race for Space, and it’s taking place right here on Earth. With this year’s Shorty Awards, we have a golden opportunity to put Space front-and-center … a position that has the potential to encourage greater participation in Space-related sciences, to promote the various Space programs, and even simply to remind people to “look up.”

Currently, there are several Space Tweeps in the running for a Shorty Award. You can help Space win the Shorty race by casting and encouraging votes for each, in their respective categories.   The nominees include NASA, SDO, astronauts Mike Massimino and TJ Creamer, Twitter ISS Alerts, Universe Today’s Nancy Atkinson, Journalist Miles O’Brien, Space Shuttle technician Jen Scheer, the AstronomyFM website, MeteorWatch founder Newbury Astronomy, and astronomy outreach enthusiast Tavi Greiner (that’s me!).

I’ve compiled a hyperlinked list to make voting a little easier.  Simply click on the various links, select the appropriate category from the little dropdown (this is important!),  state your reason for voting, and click “Tweet Your Vote.”  You can vote for more than one tweep in each category (such as the three in #science), but only once per tweep per category.

NASA in #government … Vote Here

NASA_SDO (SDO) in #science … Vote Here

twisst (Twitter ISS Alerts) in #science … Vote Here

FlyingJenny (Jen Scheer) in #science  … Vote Here

Nancy_A (Nancy Atkinson) in #journalist … Vote Here

TaviGreiner (that’s me) in #education … Vote Here

Astro_Mike (Mike Massimino) in #travel … Vote Here

Astro_TJ (TJ Creamer) in #tech … Vote Here

Miles O’Brien in #journalist … Vote Here

Astronomy.FM in #astronomy … Vote Here

NewburyAS (Newbury Astronomy) in #science … Vote Here

* If you know of any other SpaceTweeps in other categories, please share them in the comments section and I’ll add them to the list.