THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance NEW! Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 11th Annual Shorty Awards Best Branded Podcast

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a podcast by a brand, agency, or organization.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Branded Podcast
winner
Rachel Maddow Presents: Bag Man, an MSNBC Podcast
Bag Man, Rachel Maddow's first original podcast, shed new light on the crimes and ultimate resignat…

Finalists

Branded Podcast
finalist
gold honor
audience honor
Escape At Dannemora: Real Crime Profile Podcast Series
Escape At Dannemora is a limited series based on the stranger than fiction 2015 prison break of tw…
Branded Podcast
finalist
silver honor
UnErased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America
Over 700,000 people in America have been subjected to conversion therapy, the dangerous and controv…
Branded Podcast
finalist
AARP's 'The Perfect Scam' Podcast
AARP's goal with this podcast was to create an entertaining vehicle to raise awareness and provide …
Branded Podcast
finalist
Breach: A Podcast by Carbonite Exploring Data Breaches & Cybersecurity
Carbonite, a leader in data protection – known mostly for their consumer offering – needed help …
Branded Podcast
finalist
Exchanges at Goldman Sachs Podcast
In an effort to position Goldman Sachs as a thought leader in both the financial industry and in th…

Nominees

Branded Podcast
AT&T Hello Lab Presents "Suspect"
The future of entertainment will require engaging all human senses. Long gone are the days of passi…
Branded Podcast
Command Line Heroes
Open source software is changing the world—often quietly, behind the scenes. The first command line…
Branded Podcast
Flipping the Game Podcast
In partnership with award-winning podcasting company Gimlet Creative, Reebok produced a three-episo…
Branded Podcast
Fortune Favors the Bold
The way we think about money today—including who has it, who doesn't, who can get it and how—is sh…
Branded Podcast
Megatrends
Over 70% of a typical U.S. investor's portfolio is concentrated in U.S. equities and bonds, yet mor…
Branded Podcast
Seeking Wisdom
Seeking Wisdom is a podcast from Drift about personal & professional growth -- but it's told from t…
Branded Podcast
Thrive Global Podcast
The Thrive Global Podcast with iHeartRadio, hosted by Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive…