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 Video Series NEW!

From the 12th 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
SpongeBob SquarePants x Kyrie Irving x Nike
In celebration of the 20thAnniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon partnered with SpongeBo…

Finalists

Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
Child's Play
In 2019, Orion Pictures asked for our help in resurrecting the iconic horror film, Child’s Play. …
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Mean Girls Day Facebook Live Viewing Party with Tina Fey and Busy Philipps
Paramount & Mean Girls Broadway were looking for a unique way to engage fans, raise awareness and c…
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Magazine
Quentin Tarantino has a deep admiration for nostalgia and culture. For his latest film, Once Upon a…
Entertainment
finalist
Amazon Prime Video Experience at SDCC
For the 50th anniversary of San Diego Comic Con, Amazon Prime Video wanted to show audiences of the…
Entertainment
finalist
Hulu's Castle Rock "Now Leaving Castle Rock" Livestream
With Castle Rock Season 2’s promise of a new story, we faced a challenge: How do we engage a fanbas…
Entertainment
finalist
Rehearsal 360°: Lizzo
The objective of the Rehearsal 360° docu-series is to give viewers an unprecedented look at the mak…

Nominees

Entertainment
finalist
Amazon Prime Video Experience at SDCC
For the 50th anniversary of San Diego Comic Con, Amazon Prime Video wanted to show audiences of the…
Entertainment
AwesomenessTV YouTube Channel
To create a diverse content offering that reflects gen Z’s wide ranging interests, moods, and obses…
Entertainment
Charlie's Angels - "Ru's Angels"
Our studio partners are always looking for fresh ways to engage with audiences and stay in the cult…
Entertainment
finalist
gold honor
Child's Play
In 2019, Orion Pictures asked for our help in resurrecting the iconic horror film, Child’s Play. …
Entertainment
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Being the first spinoff of the Fast Saga, our partners at Universal Pitcures challenged us to creat…
Entertainment
finalist
Hulu's Castle Rock "Now Leaving Castle Rock" Livestream
With Castle Rock Season 2’s promise of a new story, we faced a challenge: How do we engage a fanbas…
Entertainment
Knives Out: Dial K for Knives
Knives Out is a modern take on murder mysteries from the past with plenty of twists and turns along…
Entertainment
MTV Presents Madonna Live & Exclusive: ‘Medellín’ Video World Premiere
Madonna and MTV have shared a history starting with the early premieres of the pop superstar’s boun…
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Mean Girls Day Facebook Live Viewing Party with Tina Fey and Busy Philipps
Paramount & Mean Girls Broadway were looking for a unique way to engage fans, raise awareness and c…
Entertainment
finalist
silver honor
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Magazine
Quentin Tarantino has a deep admiration for nostalgia and culture. For his latest film, Once Upon a…
Entertainment
PAW Patrol Ready Race Rescue Campaign
After our massively successfully PAW Patrol Mighty Pups program in 2018, which featured the first e…
Entertainment
REIMAGINED
Preserve the legacy of the GRAMMY nominated and winning music, while giving a spotlight to rising, …
Entertainment
Rambo: Last Blood Home Entertainment Social Campaign
Lionsgate Home Entertainment needed social creative to help promote awareness around the Digital an…
Entertainment
finalist
Rehearsal 360°: Lizzo
The objective of the Rehearsal 360° docu-series is to give viewers an unprecedented look at the mak…
Entertainment
winner
SpongeBob SquarePants x Kyrie Irving x Nike
In celebration of the 20thAnniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon partnered with SpongeBo…
Entertainment
Tubi - 'Not on Netflix' Brand Campaign
Tubi’s tongue-in-cheek ‘Not on Netflix’ brand campaign took into account the price hikes of the cur…
Entertainment
Wonder Woman 1984 CCXP - Trailer Debut Twitter Wall
Wonder Woman marked a major turning point for the DC Universe in 2017, becoming a commercial and cr…