THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

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

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards Non-Profit

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media or digital by a non-profit. For non-profit pricing, please email [email protected]

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Non-Profit
winner
"In an instant" - Refugee Phone Takeover
We wanted to cut through the noise on Refugee Day and create a real sense of connection and empathy…

Finalists

Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
Urban Outraged
In a world where humans wear the skin of other living, feeling beings for fashion, PETA’s objective…
Non-Profit
finalist
Delta Variant Force
Despite the introduction of three effective vaccines, COVID-19 continued to ravage much of the Unit…
Non-Profit
finalist
How to build an inclusive economy
Skoll Foundation came to Freethink to raise awareness around the racial inequities and disparities …
Non-Profit
finalist
Let's Change Energy for Good
Today, nearly half the world’s population lives without any access or unaffordable and unreliable a…
Non-Profit
finalist
TeamSeas - MrBeast & Mark Rober
#TeamSeas is a global campaign to raise $30M to remove 30M pounds of plastic and trash from our oce…
Non-Profit
finalist
The Other Side
In 2021, in the face of Asian hate, Digitas teamed up with Ascend to launch a campaign that would s…
Non-Profit
finalist
Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
Non-Profit
finalist
audience honor
VFW #StillServing
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a nonprofit veterans service organization with a membership c…

Nominees

Non-Profit
winner
"In an instant" - Refugee Phone Takeover
We wanted to cut through the noise on Refugee Day and create a real sense of connection and empathy…
Non-Profit
CATWALK by Catmosphere
In the context of world-leading cat conservation charity, Panthera, working to secure a future for …
Non-Profit
finalist
Delta Variant Force
Despite the introduction of three effective vaccines, COVID-19 continued to ravage much of the Unit…
Non-Profit
God’s Love We Deliver w/ Jane Krakowski
Since 1985, God’s Love has cooked and home-delivered delicious, nutritious meals to New Yorkers liv…
Non-Profit
finalist
How to build an inclusive economy
Skoll Foundation came to Freethink to raise awareness around the racial inequities and disparities …
Non-Profit
finalist
Let's Change Energy for Good
Today, nearly half the world’s population lives without any access or unaffordable and unreliable a…
Non-Profit
THE BIG LITTLE PROJECT
The BIG little Project was designed to bring community awareness to Cooking With Kids (CWK). For 25…
Non-Profit
finalist
TeamSeas - MrBeast & Mark Rober
#TeamSeas is a global campaign to raise $30M to remove 30M pounds of plastic and trash from our oce…
Non-Profit
Thanks to our Final Responders
The ICCFA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) entity, and part of the International Cemetery, Cre…
Non-Profit
finalist
The Other Side
In 2021, in the face of Asian hate, Digitas teamed up with Ascend to launch a campaign that would s…
Non-Profit
finalist
Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
Non-Profit
finalist
bronze honor
Urban Outraged
In a world where humans wear the skin of other living, feeling beings for fashion, PETA’s objective…
Non-Profit
finalist
audience honor
VFW #StillServing
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a nonprofit veterans service organization with a membership c…
Non-Profit
gOD-Talk: A Black Millennials and Faith Special Edition Dinner Conversation--Dallas, TX
According to the 2020 Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Center, American millennials—p…