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

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

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

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast NEW! Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 12th Annual Shorty Awards Best use of Long Form Video

This award honors the most effective and creative use of long form video by a brand, agency or organization in a social media marketing campaign. Videos must be 2 or more minutes in length to qualify.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Long Form Video
winner
Railroad Ties
In the 1860’s, nearly 100,000 slaves escaped via secret routes and safe houses in America – helped …

Finalists

Long Form Video
finalist
Etihad Airways Introduces: The Etihad Ramadan Fridge
During Ramadan, Muslims around the world uphold the tradition of sharing – sharing their homes, sha…
Long Form Video
finalist
NURSES4NYC-Heal The City, Build A Career
At NYC Health + Hospitals, more than 8,000 dedicated nurses provide care in public hospitals, neigh…
Long Form Video
finalist
Shameless "Infatuation After Incarceration" Gallavich Webisode
Shameless has one of the most active and engaged fandoms and is SHOWTIME’s largest current series c…
Long Form Video
finalist
WestJet Christmas Miracle: To give or receive
For the past eight years, WestJet has been surprising and delighting its guests throughout the holi…

Nominees

Long Form Video
#UnravelHate
Toronto-based apparel brand Peace Collective aims to capture cultural sentiment in the clothing the…
Long Form Video
BuzzFeed's "I Tried To Get Fast Food With Zero Trash"
The objective of this series was to introduce people to environmental concepts through the lens of …
Long Form Video
Carnival Row: Behind The Row Series
The Amazon Original Carnival Row offered fantasy, mystery, and romance all within a new world to ex…
Long Form Video
DBS SPARKS MINI-SERIES: SEASON 2
SPARKS, an industry-first online mini-series, follows a group of young bankers navigating work and …
Long Form Video
Duluth Trading Co. And Yellowstone
Create native-based custom content that aligned, and elevated, Duluth Trading Co’s theme of tradesm…
Long Form Video
Etihad Airways Introduces: ManCity Freestylers
The primary creative challenge was devising a campaign that would reflect Etihad Airways and Manche…
Long Form Video
Fork the System: What does food tell us about North Korea?
Kim Jong Un, missiles and conflict – we know little else about life in North Korea. In Episode One …
Long Form Video
Give a Little Bit
Imagine that you suffered from a developmental disorder and as a result of communication struggles …
Long Form Video
How The Rock got a word into the dictionary
In October 2019, WWE celebrated 20 years of “SmackDown,” one of our weekly sports-entertainment fla…
Long Form Video
Jordan Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
To provide informative and inspiring travel videos of vacation destinations all over the world. Exp…
Long Form Video
Life At The Ridge: Outlander Atmospheric Rooms
For Season Five of Outlander we wanted to give our dedicated fan base a new way to experience the s…
Long Form Video
Lucifer Recap Teaser
Now that Lucifer was making his grand entrance onto Netflix, we wanted to remind fans of some of th…
Long Form Video
MTV News: How People of Color Survive in an Abortion Desert
In the midst of the state abortion bans in summer 2019, MTV News dived into under-reported communit…
Long Form Video
Pitch Please
  Pitch Please is a comedic parody of Shark Tank that was created specifically for and in partne…
Long Form Video
RENT SING-A-LONG FAN MUSIC VIDEO
To celebrate the return of one of the most beloved musicals of all time, FOX turned to fans to crea…
Long Form Video
Rare As One
Rare disease is anything but rare. As many as 7,000 rare diseases affect 400 million people globall…
Long Form Video
START HERE - with Al Jazeera
Confused, overwhelmed or out of touch with the news? START HERE with Al Jazeera is your go-to sourc…
Long Form Video
Sadeem
Sadeem is a digitally exclusive talent competition format for aspiring content creators in the Arab…
Long Form Video
Shine in your own way
Bradesco has always had inclusion and diversity in its DNA. Since its foundation, the bank has acce…
Long Form Video
Soñando con LaLiga
Soñando con LaLiga details the experience and progress of the 17 players from the Allstate Sueño Al…
Long Form Video
The Desegregation of Huntsville
At American Experience we make long form digital videos to elevate awareness of people who deserve …
Long Form Video
The Immortal Cockroach
Seriously Digital Entertainment, the creators behind hit mobile games Best Fiends and Best Fiends S…
Long Form Video
The Macallan Edition No. 5: The Art & Science of Whisky
This summer, The Macallan launched Edition No. 5, the fifth bottle in its annual limited edition se…
Long Form Video
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster
The Fender Jimmy Page Telecaster is a tribute to Jimmy Page's 1959 Telecaster, as played in the Yar…
Long Form Video
The Secret Life of Pets 2 - "The Daily Show Investigates The Secret Life of Pets
The whimsical world of The Secret Life of Pets taps into the notion that every pet owner – or human…
Long Form Video
The heartbreaking story of Paige’s retirement: WWE Chronicle
WWE Chronicle gives viewers an inside look into the life and career of a WWE Superstar as he/she ju…
Long Form Video
Twin My Heart
We combined our audience's favorite things- dating, competition, and the Merrell Twins to create Tw…
Long Form Video
What's Cooking With Julie Chrisley
What’s Cooking With Julie Chrisley is a culinary video series hosted by Julie Chrisley, star of the…
Long Form Video
Why this $300 clam is so important to Native Americans and China
For each and every episode of our documentary show, “In Real Life,” we have two equally important g…
Long Form Video
gOD-Talk: A Black Millennials and Faith Conversation Series Chicago Edition
According to the 2015 Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Center, American millennials—p…