THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Awareness Campaign NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Cultural Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Regional Campaign Social Movement Campaign

By Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Educate Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Public Health Public Safety NEW! Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands NEW! Education Entertainment Fashion and Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Nonprofit Real Estate NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

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

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality Feature Film NEW! Gaming Images Interactive Content Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports NEW! Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology Data & Insights Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Generative AI Guerrilla Marketing NEW! Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Sound & Music NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 10th Annual Shorty Awards Best Online Community

This award honors the management of an online community to effectively engage with, collaborate with and grow it's participants.

See previous winner and honorees here.

Winner

Online Community
winner
Adobe & Imagine Dragons - Believer
We wanted to get the next generation of video creators and film editors to try out Adobe Premiere P…

Finalists

Online Community
finalist
Guilty Party: An Interactive Drama Co-Created With Fans
Teenagers are always connected—to their phones and to social media. Yet, in recent years, it's been…
Online Community
finalist
Sony Alpha Imaging Collective
The key objective of Sony's strong social media push with the Alpha Imaging Collective was to devel…
Online Community
finalist
Think Faster - The World's Fastest AMA
In 2017 Audi launched Audi Sport, its ultra high-performance division, in the U.S. With competitors…
Online Community
finalist
audience honor
Twin Peaks: The Return
For nearly 27 years, Twin Peaks drew people of all ages around the world to discuss and celebrat…
Online Community
finalist
“You Will Be Found” Virtual Choir
DEAR EVAN HANSEN wanted to celebrate its first year on Broadway with its legion of fans. These fans…

Nominees

Online Community
#Love_Your_BTS: The Amino Apps Pop-Up Gallery
Amino Apps is the world's largest and most vibrant network of mobile communities for every interest…
Online Community
Building a Multi-Platform Media Company
Over the last 7+ years, Betches Media has evolved from a WordPress blog in a college dorm room to a…
Online Community
Car Porn With A Plot
Audi is outspent by direct competitors and therefore needs to rely on organic reach and engaging us…
Online Community
Hulu’s The Handmaid's Tale - #Maidez Facebook Group
Hulu partnered with GLOW to foster the burgeoning community for The Handmaid's Tale on Facebook to …
Online Community
JCPenney Back to School Scripted Shorts
Back to school shopping is the second biggest shopping season of the year. From 2016 to 2017, back …
Online Community
Make the Cut Print Design Contest
The BackgroundModCloth's brand DNA is firmly rooted in putting our community of creative, diverse, …
Online Community
No Kid Hungry Giving Tuesday
For No Kid Hungry, a Washington, D.C. based non-profit dedicated to ending childhood hunger in Amer…
Online Community
Sprint Trainer Rewards
When Sprint partnered with Pokémon GO, with the intention to lure fans of the game into more than 1…
Online Community
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Hatch
To some very dedicated Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) fans, fall is all about the annual retur…
Online Community
The Order of Cholula: Founding a Cult of Flavor
For millennial guys, #adulting is no longer a distant thought, it's hitting at full speed. Fortunat…
Online Community
Wonder #choosekind
Deliver a meaningful, integrated 360° digital campaign to promote the domestic theatrical release f…
Online Community
mother!: Utilizing Mystery to Drive Conversation on Social
The film mother! was designed to get people talking, whether or not they loved or hated it, which m…