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

Of The Year

Commercial Creator of the Year Dual-Format Creator of the Year Large Agency of the Year Large Brand of the Year Large Non-Profit of the Year Mid-Sized Agency of the Year News Creator of the Year Site of the Year Small Agency of the Year Studio of the Year

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…