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 12th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Non-Profit

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media by non-profit. For non-profit pricing, please email [email protected]

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Non-Profit
winner
#NoBuildChallenge
The depletion of the earth's natural resources is a major problem which humanity must fight against…

Finalists

Non-Profit
finalist
gold honor
You Can't Imagine the Reward
Most parents looking to adopt a child will usually opt for younger children as opposed to teenagers…
Non-Profit
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Claire | The Documentary
“Claire taught us to not run from the terrifying parts of life and to live a life that you are prou…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
JFK Moonshot
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the greatest technological feat of the 20th century—the Apollo …
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
Marine in 15
The Royal Marines undergo one of the toughest selection processes imaginable. Of the thousands that…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital & The Game Theorists, Giving Tuesday Livestream
Giving Tuesday, the day after Cyber Monday, has become a critical opportunity for nonprofits to rea…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
The Ash Globe
For the first time ever in Sydney, it snowed at Christmas...ash.  As it rained down on cities ac…

Nominees

Non-Profit
winner
#NoBuildChallenge
The depletion of the earth's natural resources is a major problem which humanity must fight against…
Non-Profit
#VaccinesWork
Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines – has increasi…
Non-Profit
Beat Cancer Like A Boss
Inspired by ACS ambassador, Simone I. Smith’s cancer story, the message was simple: Beat Cancer Lik…
Non-Profit
Beyond Bananas
The American Kidney Fund’s (AKF) Beyond Bananas™ campaign increases the understanding chronic kidne…
Non-Profit
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Claire | The Documentary
“Claire taught us to not run from the terrifying parts of life and to live a life that you are prou…
Non-Profit
Forward for 50
In 2019, the Los Angeles LGBT Center became the first LGBT organization in the world to celebrate i…
Non-Profit
Free innocent people from prison
Our goal is to use Instagram’s visual platform to document the stories of people who were incarcera…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
JFK Moonshot
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the greatest technological feat of the 20th century—the Apollo …
Non-Profit
Kiss Blood Cancer Goodbye Challenge
Blood Cancer Awareness Month in September provides an opportunity to remind the public about the ur…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
Marine in 15
The Royal Marines undergo one of the toughest selection processes imaginable. Of the thousands that…
Non-Profit
Missed.Strokes
Over the past decade, there has been a 44% increase in the number of young Americans who have been …
Non-Profit
Nad & Tad
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in males ages 15-34, yet most guys this age aren’t awar…
Non-Profit
PAINT (RED) SAVE LIVES: The First Global Street Art Campaign To End AIDS
AIDS is a preventable and treatable disease, yet it kills more young people than any other disease,…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital & The Game Theorists, Giving Tuesday Livestream
Giving Tuesday, the day after Cyber Monday, has become a critical opportunity for nonprofits to rea…
Non-Profit
Stop Plastic Pollution – Tug and WWF International
WWF is the world’s leading environmental charity. While national offices run their own social media…
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
The Ash Globe
For the first time ever in Sydney, it snowed at Christmas...ash.  As it rained down on cities ac…
Non-Profit
Together Planting a Forest
One Tree Planted is an environmental non-profit organisation focused on making it easy for individu…
Non-Profit
Women Driving Auto Retail video contest
There has never been a more opportune time for women to enter the automotive retail industry and bu…
Non-Profit
finalist
gold honor
You Can't Imagine the Reward
Most parents looking to adopt a child will usually opt for younger children as opposed to teenagers…