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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!

From the 13th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Government and Politics

This award recognizes the best use of social media and digital by a political party, politician, government advocacy group or city, state or country government.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Government & Politics
winner
audience honor
Biden Island
On the cusp of the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden needed to mobilize voters across the count…

Finalists

Government & Politics
finalist
gold honor
KS COVID Initiative, "Old-Schooled" Campaign
COVID-19 rates across the country exploded last fall and the State of Kansas needed to deliver a cr…
Government & Politics
finalist
City of West Hollywood COVID Response Campaign
The City of West Hollywood declared a local COVID-19 emergency in March 2020 following declarations…
Government & Politics
finalist
Educating Florida's Youth to Combat COVID-19
Young people believe they are invincible. Nothing can stop them – not even a global pandemic. When …
Government & Politics
finalist
Paid Leave for All - "Our Humanity"
Paid Leave for All is non-profit organization that leverages policy expertise and research, partner…
Government & Politics
finalist
Stay Home, Save Lives
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicagoans were not taking the stay-at-home orders seriousl…
Government & Politics
finalist
Uniting for Equality Like Never Before — Election 2020
This election cycle was unlike anything we had ever witnessed, putting into focus the need for stro…

Nominees

Government & Politics
winner
audience honor
Biden Island
On the cusp of the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden needed to mobilize voters across the count…
Government & Politics
finalist
City of West Hollywood COVID Response Campaign
The City of West Hollywood declared a local COVID-19 emergency in March 2020 following declarations…
Government & Politics
finalist
Educating Florida's Youth to Combat COVID-19
Young people believe they are invincible. Nothing can stop them – not even a global pandemic. When …
Government & Politics
Influencers Get Out the Vote for Joe Biden For President
A global pandemic. Social justice protests. 2020 was a time of uncertainty, fear and chaos around t…
Government & Politics
finalist
gold honor
KS COVID Initiative, "Old-Schooled" Campaign
COVID-19 rates across the country exploded last fall and the State of Kansas needed to deliver a cr…
Government & Politics
MONOPOLY Bonus Spectacular
In 2020 the Florida Lottery partnered with PPK for a big launch - a family of Scratch-Off games lev…
Government & Politics
Mobilizing Infrequent Voters of Color to Elect Biden-Harris
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is composed of 2 million members -- the majority o…
Government & Politics
finalist
Paid Leave for All - "Our Humanity"
Paid Leave for All is non-profit organization that leverages policy expertise and research, partner…
Government & Politics
finalist
Stay Home, Save Lives
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicagoans were not taking the stay-at-home orders seriousl…
Government & Politics
The Fight — Equality California
From equality for same-sex families to equality for trans people in the armed forces and everything…
Government & Politics
finalist
Uniting for Equality Like Never Before — Election 2020
This election cycle was unlike anything we had ever witnessed, putting into focus the need for stro…