11th Annual Shorty Awards Categories


See below for official categories. Entries close and voting ends on February 21st, 2019 at 11:59pm ET.

Influencers

Honoring the most notable and viral Influencers from 2018. See below for official categories.

Arts & Entertainment
Content of the Year
Creative & Media
Team Internet
Tech & Innovation

Brands & Organizations

The Shorty Awards honor the talented agencies, brands, and industry leaders behind the best and most innovative work on social media channels, campaigns, websites and applications.

By Campaign
By Design
By Industry
By Overall Presence
Campaign by Platform
Content and Media
Influencer & Celebrity Brand Partnership
Websites & Apps
Strategy & Engagement
Video by Platform
Video Content

Best Graphics

This award honors a social media campaign or overall social presence for exceptional use of graphics. Visuals used in posts, to enhance social profiles, and as part of integrated campaigns are eligible. Creative integrity, strategic integration, sharability and effectiveness will be considered.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Graphics
winner
Adobe D&D: The Terror Of Undermountain
Photoshop is so much more than photo manipulation. It's the most powerful tool in the world for designing original art of any kind. We needed to engage and inspire the Photoshop community to dream bigg...

Finalists

Graphics
finalist
gold
NFL Social Lab
The NFL's Social Lab was established to revitalize the league's social channels with strategic, high-quality graphics and video content. This includes Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter for @NFL...
Graphics
finalist
gold
Youth Olympic Games Social Highlights
"The Game Changers" is a campaign that aims to do just that, by celebrating the ability and creativity of all 15 to 18 year olds around the world at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. The Youth...
Graphics
finalist
audience
Gameday Graphics
Game day is undoubtedly one of the busiest days of the week for any sports team. It's the time where social media viewership increases drastically and more people are paying attention to content that t...
Graphics
finalist
Showtime Networks: Kidding - Season 1
The TV reunion of Michel Gondry and Jim Carrey presented an exciting creative opportunity to audiences. Dave Holstein, the creative visionary behind the series, created a triumph of emotion and imagina...
Graphics
finalist
WWE gives Instagram presence a body slam
The goals of WWE's Instagram page are to inform, entertain and engage with WWE fans by using every tool specific to the Instagram platform, telling stories each week in the most colorful and interactiv...

Nominees

Graphics
Starbucks Happy Hour
Starbucks is a morning essential, but not necessarily an afternoon destination. In order to drive more afternoon visits, Starbucks created a new Happy Hour program offering personalized deals on Starbucks beverages from 3-5pm. Our challenge was to create a paid social campaign that would drive both awareness of and participation in the Happy Hour program...

About the Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media.

Millions of people participate in The Shortys to recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, and the rest of the social web.

The 11th annual shorty awards will be held may 5, 2019 in nyc.