THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

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

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 11th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Entertainment

This award honors the social media efforts supporting musicians, films, comedians, plays and other forms of entertainment. All forms of entertainment are eligible for this award.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Entertainment
winner
Netflix Queer Eye 'Yass, Australia’
Our brief was to launch Season Two of Netflix's Queer Eye in Australia with a local twist. Netflix …

Finalists

Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
Netflix Bright 'Calling All Will Smiths'
Our brief was to create a campaign that was going to achieve fame, talkability and widespread appea…
Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
We Do Our Own (Marketing) Stunts
With the 6th installment of Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie took the fra…
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
Isle of Dogs - Daily Scraps
Wes Anderson has a style and a fanbase which follows from film to film. Fans of his movies (and mo…
Entertainment
finalist
bronze honor
audience honor
Annihilation Social Campaign
Imagine being trapped inside an unknown force with no connection to the outside world. Your mind, y…
Entertainment
finalist
bronze honor
Deadpool 2 Social Campaign
Deadpool 2 happened to be dropping alongside one of the year's biggest blockbusters. And while the…

Nominees

Entertainment
finalist
bronze honor
audience honor
Annihilation Social Campaign
Imagine being trapped inside an unknown force with no connection to the outside world. Your mind, y…
Entertainment
Aquaman Digital Marketing Campaign
In December 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films invited audiences to dive into the epic cinemat…
Entertainment
Brides on a Budget
Sometimes finding the perfect wedding look, at the right price, can be harder than finding "The One…
Entertainment
Countdown to Christmas 2018
Reinvigorate our audience of W25-54 that Hallmark Channel is back with a packed schedule of movies …
Entertainment
Crazy Rich Asians
DMM worked in partnership with Warner Bros. on the theatrical social media campaign for the romanti…
Entertainment
finalist
bronze honor
Deadpool 2 Social Campaign
Deadpool 2 happened to be dropping alongside one of the year's biggest blockbusters. And while the…
Entertainment
Digital Strategy & Social Presense
Steve Harvey's daytime talk show shifted the focus of digital and social media this season to creat…
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
Isle of Dogs - Daily Scraps
Wes Anderson has a style and a fanbase which follows from film to film. Fans of his movies (and mo…
Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
Netflix Bright 'Calling All Will Smiths'
Our brief was to create a campaign that was going to achieve fame, talkability and widespread appea…
Entertainment
winner
Netflix Queer Eye 'Yass, Australia’
Our brief was to launch Season Two of Netflix's Queer Eye in Australia with a local twist. Netflix …
Entertainment
Rampage Digital Marketing Campaign
Warner Bros. Pictures partnered with various creative partners to create an innovative and colossal…
Entertainment
Rampage Home Entertainment Social Media Campaign
VIEW CASE STUDYOur objective was to build hype for the home release of Rampage and encourage audien…
Entertainment
Stargazing
What do the stars have in store for us?Stargazing is our guide to the astrological forces that are …
Entertainment
The Meg Digital Marketing Campaign
In building The Meg's marketing campaign, Warner Bros. leaned into their expertise with horror movi…
Entertainment
UnErased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America
Over 700,000 people in America have been subjected to conversion therapy, the dangerous and controv…
Entertainment
Virtual Album Release Party with Ariana
As Ariana Grande and her teams at SB Projects & Republic Records strategized for the midnight rele…
Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
We Do Our Own (Marketing) Stunts
With the 6th installment of Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie took the fra…
Entertainment
Wild Times
Wild Times is a 2018 digital version of a variety show...with animals. Lots of animals!The Irwin Fa…