THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Twitch Streamer of the Year

For the online gaming world, there is no place quite like Twitch, where fans can watch and interact with their favorite gaming stars live, and the gamers can share their creative process with the world. Utilizing new features and changing the face of live gameplay, our nominees have done more to expand and innovate on Twitch than anyone else this year.

Nominees

finalist
Annemunition
In a little over one year of live streaming, LA-based Anne Munition quit her graphic design job to …
winner
Bob Ross
His ardent fans craving more #happytrees even after his death in 1995, the iconic artist of The Joy…
finalist
DexterityBonus
One of the top female broadcasters on Twitch, Brooke “Dodger” Leigh Lawson, aka @Dexteritybonus, is…
Lirik
Amassing 10-40K+ viewers per stream with over 1.5M total followers, @LIRIK (the gamer with the famo…
MANvsGAME
Gamer and Twitch broadcaster Jayson Love is on a quest to conquer every video game. Launching initi…
Matt McKnight
The first inductee into the Twitch Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Matt McKnight, a…
finalist
OMGitsFirefoxx
With a Guinness World Records 2017: Gamer’s Edition title of "Most Popular Female Videogames Broadc…
finalist
Summit1G
Colorado-based professional video game streamer Jaryd Lazar, aka @Summit1G, is known for his live T…
Swiftor
One of the original Twitch Partners, Joseph Alminawi—better known to fans as Swiftor—is a live stre…
Towelliee
Award-winning gamer and WoW MVP player, Roberto “Towelliee” Garcia is an inspiring voice and adaman…
finalist
iijeriichoii
Live play game broadcaster and entertainer Tucker Boner “loves to play video games and make people …
itmeJP
The content producer and eSports personality behind itmeJP, John Paul McDaniel is a seasoned influe…