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 LGBTQ Community Engagement

This award honors brands, organizations and institutions that use social media to effectively engage and collaborate with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer communities.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

LGBTQ Community Engagement
winner
Now that you see me
What’s in a name? For some transgender and non-binary people, everything. According to the National…

Finalists

LGBTQ Community Engagement
finalist
Global Pride Crossing
The Parade Must Go On(line) Pride Month (June) – a celebration of equality, dignity and acceptan…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
finalist
Human By Orientation Pride Site
Four months into 2020, over 400 Pride celebrations worldwide had been canceled. This not only strip…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
finalist
Kay #EveryKiss
In recent history, the LGBTQ+ community has made major strides in their fight for equality. But eve…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
finalist
audience honor
Proud Parent
Oreo is a long-time leader in the cookie category. It’s a brand that is an integral part of America…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
finalist
bubly Sparkling Water & Ru Paul's Drag Race 2020 Partnership
Since its launch in 2018, bubly has championed love and inclusivity for the LGBTQ+ community. Build…

Nominees

LGBTQ Community Engagement
#VoteNaked
After four years of White House attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, Equality Illinois and Hauswirth/Co…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
GLAAD's 100 Days of Action
GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy or…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Honda Pride Parade Zoetrope
We wanted to create a unique way for Honda to celebrate global Pride day in a year when gathering t…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Hulu PrideFest
With Pride Celebrations cancelled country-wide, Hulu wanted PrideFest to bring together the LGBTQ+ …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
In The Know Changemakers: Pride
We wanted to continue to improve the lives of our Gen Z audience by amplifying unheard voices. We m…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
LOGO's The 2020 Logo30
Resilience, innovation, persistence, and the transformative spirit of rebellion are at the heart of…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices began as a live event concept to give a platform to up-and-coming LGBTQ+ mu…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Progress Is Pride Campaign
Pride marks the anniversary of a rebellion that continues to fuel the movement for the rights of pe…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
TikTok #MyPride Realness Livestream
TikTok came to ViacomCBS to help celebrate their weeklong #MyPride programming stunt to celebrate P…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Transhood TRANSlation
Celebrate the release of the HBO Original Documentary Transhood with an activation that highlights …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
VH1's Out of the Closet (Season 3)
With the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Out of the Closet, the objective was to build on the …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Zales #PrideTogether
Zales, know for bold jewelry and self expression was looking for a way to tap into culture that was…