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THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

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
#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
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
Kiss Blood Cancer Goodbye Challenge
Blood Cancer Awareness Month in September provides an opportunity to remind the public about the ur…
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
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
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…