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 14th Annual Shorty Awards Live Video

This award honors a brand, agency or organization's most effective and creative use of live video in a social media or digital marketing campaign.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

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winner
MTV's Video Music Awards Stan Cam
For two years, the VMA Stan Cam flipped the switch on awards show co-viewing experiences with a fir…

Finalists

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finalist
bronze honor
Real Life Showroom
Delta traditionally launches all of their new products for the year at KBIS, the Kitchen & Bath Ind…
Live Video
finalist
bronze honor
Socialfly x TRVL: Ghostober
Ghostober is TRVL Channel’s most exciting and eerie time of the year. The entire month of October i…
Live Video
finalist
#Nestflix
Netflix UK were launching their Christmas movie, Robin Robin, and tasked us to come up with a singu…
Live Video
finalist
audience honor
Fridays with Alexa
  BACKGROUND   Welcomed into Indian homes Within 4 years of coming to India, Amazon’s A…
Live Video
finalist
House of Highlights Showdown Dodgeball
With the next generation of sports fans consisting mostly of the Gen-Z audience demographic, House …
Live Video
finalist
MTV's Wild N Out Interactive Special
For the past few years, Wild ‘N Out has been a driving force when it comes to MTV Entertainment Gro…
Live Video
finalist
Tubi’s Super Nostalgia Reunion | First-Ever Live Long-Form Nostalgia Reunion in the US on TikTok
On June 30, 2021, Tubi, FOX’s free streaming service, partnered with TikTok in the first-ever live …

Nominees

Live Video
2021 World Series - Flippin’ Bats - Ben Verlander
As part of a collaborative partnership with TikTok and Major League Baseball’s Creator Class, a tea…
Live Video
H-E-B - A Very Texas Holiday
The world was entering its second straight holiday season in the life and times of Covid… and we’d …
Live Video
H-E-B - Grilling Open
In Texas, grilling is more than a tradition – it’s a way of life. Texans know there’s nothing bette…
Live Video
MTV's The Challenge: Aftermath LIVE
‘The Challenge: Aftermath Live’ was a one-time, digital-only companion piece to MTV’s #1 Reality Co…
Live Video
Samsung Live
Samsung announced their new Z Flip3 5G and Z Fold3 5G foldable smartphones on August 6, 2021. We pi…