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 Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance 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

Overall Presence

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

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

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

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications 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 Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

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…