THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project

From the 13th Annual Shorty Awards Best Multicultural Community Engagement

This award honors a brand organization or institution that use social media or digital to effectively engage and collaborate with historically and presently marginalized racial and ethnic communities.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Nominees

finalist
silver honor
#BuyBlack Friday Show
Small businesses are the heartbeat of our communities and many are facing an economic crisis, due t…
finalist
ACADEMY DIALOGUES: IT STARTS WITH US
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a new series of virtual panels for member…
finalist
gold honor
audience honor
Adobe Diverse Voices: 'When I See Myself'
In celebration of Black creativity, Adobe and Complex partnered on an impactful campaign dedicated …
America The Beautiful
The murder of George Floyd prompted a national reckoning around race in America. Over the course of…
Color & Capital For Good: An Eastern Bank initiative dedicated to closing Boston’s racial wealth gap
With over 200 years in business, Eastern Bank has a long history of doing what's right and smart an…
Cricket's #HearMeOut Campaign
Cricket Wireless wanted to create a program that would drive brand affinity and help turn up the vo…
Facebook Elevate: On the Rise. Together.
Facebook Elevate was launched in 2018 by a group of enterprising Black and Latinx & Hispanic Facebo…
Family Style is Back for Seconds
The objective of season 2 of Family Style was originally very similar to that of season 1, to reach…
Father's Day Taken
On May 25, 2020, the most important news story in America was sparked by a dad who did not make it …
finalist
silver honor
HBO Insecure S4 - Virtual Block Party
Each year, fans of the Emmy-nominated HBO comedy series, Insecure, look forward to the new season a…
LIVES
As a nation, America has become numb to the loss of Black lives at the hands of police around the c…
Mobilizing Infrequent Voters of Color to Elect Biden-Harris
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is composed of 2 million members -- the majority o…
finalist
More than a Vote
Tap Black content creators across 8 swing states in U.S markets to help galvanize the Black communi…
winner
New Jingle for a New Era
The events of summer 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning on racial injustice, exposing deep-seeded …
P-Valley Social Campaign: Welcome to The Pynk
The key to turning this southern-fried series into a cultural phenomenon? Authenticity. Katori Hall…
finalist
Pepsi Trademark, Unmute Your Voice
Latinos make up the nation's largest share of nonwhite voters. A record 32 million Latinos make up …
Protest + Vote = Change
2020 caused the entire nation — in fact, the entire world — to reckon with the injustices and inequ…
Stockton
Generate buzz, awareness and tune-in for the HBO Original documentary Stockton on My Mind through p…
Summit Credit Union - Diversity Video
Following the police-related death of George Floyd in May 2020, protests erupted across the country…
Target #BlackBeyondMeasure
In light of 2020's cultural movement around racial and social injustice, Target created a social st…
The Chi: Season 3 Marketing Campaign
The Chi is a drama that tells the story of a vibrant and beautiful Chicago community balancing the …
Univision's Se Habla USA
As the leading Hispanic media company in the U.S., Univision Communications Inc. entertains, inform…
YouTube's Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positi…