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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad

From the 11th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Sports

Sports teams, athletes, leagues, networks and services are eligible for this award. Objectives include engaging current fans, driving traffic, expanding fanbase and educating viewers and followers.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Sports
winner
Gritty
In the summer of 2018, The Philadelphia Flyers were tasked with the creation, introduction and impl…

Finalists

Sports
finalist
Bring It Home
After a record-breaking regular season in 2018 for the Minnesota Vikings, the team strategized, dev…
Sports
finalist
audience honor
Inside All-Star Week with MLB Network
MLB All-Star Week is one of the marquee events on the baseball calendar each season, bringing toget…
Sports
finalist
UNINTERRUPTED
UNINTERRUPTED is the athlete's brand, for athletes. It's a space created to empower athletes, to f…
Sports
finalist
WNBA: Take a Seat, Take a Stand
When the WNBA launched in 1997, it raised the ceiling for female athletes and became a symbol of pr…
Sports
finalist
Welcome to Atlanta
The objective for the integrated campaign "Welcome to Atlanta" was to connect the attitude of the t…

Nominees

Sports
#zLAtan
The LA Galaxy Marketing, Communications and Digital department aimed to utilize the signing of Zlat…
Sports
2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX - Sports
In the summer of 2018 for the first time ever FOX would broadcast the FIFA World Cup – the world's …
Sports
finalist
Bring It Home
After a record-breaking regular season in 2018 for the Minnesota Vikings, the team strategized, dev…
Sports
Dylan Strong
After the tragic and sudden death of Georgia high school football player, Dylan Thomas, we wanted t…
Sports
ESPN: Around The Horn
Hosted by Tony Reali, ESPN's Around the Horn invites four panelists to join via satellite to debate…
Sports
FanDuel "Moreways to Win"
On May 14th, 2018 New Jersey became the first state to legalize Sports Betting in United States. Fa…
Sports
Green Bay Packers: 100 Seasons
Ten decades have passed since the Green Bay Packers were first organized at a meeting in downtown G…
Sports
winner
Gritty
In the summer of 2018, The Philadelphia Flyers were tasked with the creation, introduction and impl…
Sports
finalist
audience honor
Inside All-Star Week with MLB Network
MLB All-Star Week is one of the marquee events on the baseball calendar each season, bringing toget…
Sports
NFL Social Media
The NFL's social feeds have long functioned as the contemporary Monday morning water cooler — a go-…
Sports
Nathalie McGloin - Making Motorsport for Everyone
At just 16 years old, Nathalie McGloin was paralyzed from the chest down in a serious car accident.…
Sports
The Olympic Day Dance
Olympic Day is celebrated across the globe every year. It's a day for the world to get active, lear…
Sports
finalist
UNINTERRUPTED
UNINTERRUPTED is the athlete's brand, for athletes. It's a space created to empower athletes, to f…
Sports
USA Track & Field Honors 1968 Olympians with #Celebrate68
USA Track & Field (USATF) honored the athletic achievements and courageous endeavors by the 1968 U.…
Sports
finalist
WNBA: Take a Seat, Take a Stand
When the WNBA launched in 1997, it raised the ceiling for female athletes and became a symbol of pr…
Sports
WWE
In the world of WWE, the show doesn't end once the final bell rings. The conflicts and controversie…
Sports
finalist
Welcome to Atlanta
The objective for the integrated campaign "Welcome to Atlanta" was to connect the attitude of the t…