THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

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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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"Feed Your Mind" Brain Health Campaign
AARP set out to make brain health feel practical, empowering and relevant in a media environment wh…
"Key to Connection” Social Connections Campaign
Our need for connection is universal. Research has shown that social connections promote good healt…
#🍑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…
Dirt On Weed
The Dirt on Weed campaign was designed to address a growing public health need across Berrien, Cass…
Eat Real: Transforming School Food at Scale
Every school day, millions of children rely on school cafeterias for a significant share of their n…
KIDS SAVE LIVES: FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE COMMUNITY
A lesson in CPR can reach far beyond the child who learns it. It can reach a family, a school and, …
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…
Unplastic Your Life: The Plastic Detox Creator Campaign
Plastic isn't just an environmental crisis — it's in our brains, our blood, and our unborn children…
Uplifting Nutrition for Better Health of Seniors of Today & Tomorrow
Malnutrition and nutrition insecurity remain pressing challenges in Singapore and Indonesia, two of…
“Ask your besties”: Public health, made aesthetic
Trust in public health is declining, and health falsehoods often spread faster than evidence-based …