THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

Public Health

This category honors a campaign, original content or initiative that seeks to promote and protect the health of people and well-being of communities. Whether raising awareness, driving behavioral change, or improving access to essential healthcare resources, entries should demonstrate creativity, impact, and a commitment to fostering healthier lives where people live, learn, work, and play.

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Breaking Barriers to Drug Treatment
The opioid crisis presents significant challenges in the U.S., but it also highlights the resilienc…
Confronting Death to Live Better Today - Helping a Nonprofit Change End of Life
Death is universal, but our willingness to talk about it is not. We celebrate so many aspects of bi…
Cricket to Conquer Cancer 2025
Cricket to Conquer Cancer (C2CC) was envisioned as a bold, first-of-its-kind fundraising event for …
Facts Fight Fentanyl
The "Facts Fight Fentanyl" campaign was designed to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths and shift soci…
Gaza's Silent Threat | Documentary
Gaza’s Silent Threat was created to spotlight the urgent reemergence of polio in Gaza after 25 year…
HFCUniverse: Empowering Brain Health Education for the Next Generation
Research shows that up to 45% of dementia cases may be preventable through lifestyle changes. As Al…
How I Discovered I Had a Life-Threatening Blood Clot
Every year, 900,000 Americans will be affected by blood clots, and the outcomes can be deadly. Stud…
Impact Media & Truth Initiative: Driving Behavior Change Through Empowerment
Pride Month is a moment for celebrating queer joy, and a chance to address an urgent truth: LGBTQ+ …
Increasing Abortion Access with Strategic, Empathetic, AI-Optimized Storytelling
Access to reproductive and sexual health care has never been more critical—or more contested. Hey J…
KATE: The First Harm Reduction Chatbot
Overdose Lifeline is an Indiana-based nonprofit whose mission is to provide hope and resources to f…
Muscular Dystrophy Association - Protect Medicaid
With anticipated Medicaid reform on the horizon in 2025, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) l…
San Francisco Department of Public Health - Living Proof Campaign
The Living Proof campaign was created to combat the stigma surrounding substance use disorder and t…
Scout Lab for the ACT Group
The Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT) is the only nationwide advocacy organization dedicate…
The Ripple Effect
Our exploration of the fentanyl crisis took a different approach – one rooted in storytelling, comp…