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 the 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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#🍑IYKYK — Making Colorectal Cancer Impossible to Ignore
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in Europe and getting younger. Among …
Care is Your Commitment: Increasing Provider Confidence in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Washington State continues to face a devastating opioid crisis, yet one of the most effective tools…
CareQuest Institute 2025 Impact Report
In the past year, the landscape for oral health took a dramatic step backward. Deep federal cuts to…
Connection is Prevention
The primary objective of the "Connection is Prevention" campaign is to shift substance use preventi…
Daughter Navigates Alzheimer's Care, Builds Online Support
With this video AARP Studios set out to elevate the voices of America’s 63 million family caregiver…
Designing Shopper-First Retail Experiences Through a Strategic Public-Private Partnership
In a retail landscape where health and commerce are too often treated as competing priorities, Fair…
ShineRED.org
ShineRED.org (a Shine the Light on Sickle Cell campaign) was created to increase public awareness o…
The Challenge Trial: How a world-first clinical trial shows exercise improves colon cancer survival
The Challenge Trial Documentary was created for two main purposes.  First, to highlight the groundb…
United in ALS
ALS is a rapidly progressing disease with no cure, making investment in research essential to impro…
“Ask your besties”: Public health, made aesthetic
Trust in public health is declining, and health falsehoods often spread faster than evidence-based …