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 13th Annual Shorty Awards Best use of Animations

This award honors the most creative and effective use of animations in a social media or digital marketing campaign.

Winner

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He Survived Ebola. Now This Doctor Is Battling Coronavirus
At the start of the pandemic, we were looking for ways to bring the seriousness of the situation to…

Finalists

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audience honor
Doctor Who: Daleks! The Animated Series
‘We wanted to do something epic’ James Goss reflects, producer of Time Lord Victorious and writer f…
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MindFull: Find Your Calm and Focus
The arrival of COVID-19 created a heightened amount of fear, stress and anxiety for everyone. Incre…
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Monster Meditations
Headspace, the global leader in meditation and mindfulness, alongside Sesame Street, the leader in …
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“Unknown 9: Awakening” Teaser Trailer at Gamescom 2020
There were two main goals when launching the Unknown 9: Awakening video game CGI teaser trailer at …

Nominees

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"Our Code is Open"
Red Hat’s in-house creative agency took on a huge challenge at the start of 2020, something that no…
Animations
Benefiber “The Perfect Match” Campaign
Benefiber is a prebiotic fiber that works with the good bacteria in our bodies to support a healthy…
Animations
Choose your blade
The objective is to establish Razer as the premium gaming laptop brand, highlighting the gamer perf…
Animations
Gif a Little Love
Confidential. 
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Interac: The Future of Mobility
Interac is Canada’s leader in payments and payment innovation, synonymous from coast to coast with …
Animations
Introducing Animated Stickers
Animated stickers are a fun, lively and effortless way for our users to express themselves. As with…
Animations
MLB Postseason: The Remix
Due to covid, our Postseason had a new format and we used that opportunity to build a creative visi…
Animations
Razer Wireless Flagship | Three Legends. Unleashed.
To establish the benefits of the “Razer Trinity”, their leading headset, keyboard and mouse being m…
Animations
Tales From the Trip: Ramin Nazer
Following comedian/podcaster Shane Mauss’s massively successful episode of Tales From the Trip, the…
Animations
Wheel of Whoa by AT&T
Confidential. 
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Wired: You Need More Sleep
There are few sayings more harmful than "sleep when you're dead." A cornucopia of sleep studies hav…
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YOUTUBE SERIES: QUICK QUESTION
Delving into topics that seek to explain a lot of baseball’s unanswered questions is a tall task th…