THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Awareness Campaign NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Cultural Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Regional Campaign Social Movement Campaign

By Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Educate Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Public Health Public Safety NEW! Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands NEW! Education Entertainment Fashion and Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Nonprofit Real Estate NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality Feature Film NEW! Gaming Images Interactive Content Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports NEW! Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology Data & Insights Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Generative AI Guerrilla Marketing NEW! Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Sound & Music NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards Meme

This award honors a meme or series of memes that creatively established a brand, agency or organization's social presence and/or garnered significant attention or following from an audience.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Meme
winner
Betches Media Instagram Meme with American Girl
The Betches x American Girl Dolls Meme was a 360 campaign on Betches social channels aimed to incre…

Finalist

Meme
finalist
Adds Meme to Cart 🛒
An ever-changing algorithm and a shift towards video-focused content meant that to drive engagement…

Nominees

Meme
Charger Social Media
We set out to create social accounts that engage our current audience while also bringing in a new …
Meme
DQ Designer on Break Meme
Meme
DQ Designer on Break Viral Facebook Post
In partnership with DQ clients, the Barkley team's objective was to drive engagement and conversati…
Meme
audience honor
Power of Blue POWERADE
Long story short. Fans love taking to Twitter to talk about how Blue POWERADE is some magical elixi…
Meme
iCarly Returns With The Iconic Meme Fans Were Waiting For
Nickelodeon’s original “iCarly,” which ran from 2007-2012, followed a group of best friends as they…