It’s time for the Shorty Awards again.

If you are on twitter and are looking for a way to speak out for a cure, here’s a quick and easy way. Tweet a nomination for a Shorty Award.

How does it work?
Nominations are made by sending a tweet, whether it’s through the Shorty Award site or on Twitter. To Nominate Living Well you can use ANY of the sample tweets below:

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #health because of the impact she has on #epilepsy awareness.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because she is speaking out for a cure.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #health because she is speaking out for a cure for #epilepsy.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because she is speaking out for people with #epilepsy.

What are the Shorties?
According to the New York Times, Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tony’s. Now Twitter has the… Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations producing short-form, real-time social media content. Nominations may be made through Twitter. The program recognizes winners in dozens of featured categories, as well as thousands of crowd-sourced categories.

When is it all over?
Nominations will be tweeted throughout January. Then beginning in February, the nominees will be narrowed down to six finalists in each category. Winners will be determined by a combination of popular vote and by the members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences.

Speak out
Don’t miss this chance to speak out for a cure. Our voices our louder together so send a tweet and be heard.

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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