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 a Filter/Lens

This award honors those most effective and creative use of filters or lenses by a brand, agency or organization.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Filter/Lens
winner
Walmart #UnwrapTheDeals - Bringing Black Friday to TikTok
In a year when most in-person events turned digital, Walmart was faced with the unique opportunity …

Finalists

Filter/Lens
finalist
gold honor
H-E-B helps Texas Holiday Even Brighter through AR innovation
2020 was tough but the Texas spirit is tougher and there's nothing more Texan than H-E-B, a beloved…
Filter/Lens
finalist
2020 iHeartCountry Festival Tour Bus Challenge Instagram Filter
With fans unable to celebrate the 2020 iHeartCountry Festival in Austin, TX this year, iHeartRadio …
Filter/Lens
finalist
5G Face
The holidays are a critical sales period for Verizon. This year was especially important as the hol…
Filter/Lens
finalist
Celebrating Holi - Wherever You Are
For a consumer entering the internet today in India with a multitude of apps to choose from - Faceb…
Filter/Lens
finalist
audience honor
Class of 2020
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing led to cancelation of pretty much all in-perso…
Filter/Lens
finalist
Nickelodeon's The Astronauts: Snapchat AR Lens
Nickelodeon’s new scripted series The Astronauts follows five kids on an epic journey through space…
Filter/Lens
finalist
Wunnascopes
Astrology served as the main theme throughout Gunna’s Wunna album release. With the intent to conne…

Nominees

Filter/Lens
MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation - "Which Are You?" Lens
The “Which Are You?” Instagram lens was created to tap into the popular trend on the platform and i…
Filter/Lens
Motherland Snapchat Lens
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution by cutting a deal with the govern…
Filter/Lens
Obsess Together
In a year full of 😱😱😱, we wanted to bring some 🎉🎉🎉 by highlighting Facebook Groups that use our pla…
Filter/Lens
PAW Patrol's Mission Kraft Mac & Cheese Shapes!
Mealtime can be a tricky time of day for families, particularly during the never-ending #stayathome…
Filter/Lens
The Croods: A New Age AR Lenses
Following the success of Trolls World Tour, Home Brew reunited with DreamWorks for their theatrical…
Filter/Lens
The Ocean League
  The Ocean Agency (non-profit) teamed up with UN Environment Programme and Adobe to develop a c…
Filter/Lens
The Umbrella Academy: Choose Your Fighter Interactive Filter
As the Hargreeves siblings are all too familiar with in The Umbrella Academy, time travel is very m…
Filter/Lens
VH1's RuPaul’s Drag Race Vegas Revue: Queen Slot Machine
With every season of Drag Race our social strategy involves giving fans as many new and uniquely ta…