THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

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

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

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

Industry

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

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

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

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"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

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bronze honor
Urban Outraged
In a world where humans wear the skin of other living, feeling beings for fashion, PETA’s objective…
Non-Profit
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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
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Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
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audience honor
VFW #StillServing
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a nonprofit veterans service organization with a membership c…

Nominees

Non-Profit
CATWALK by Catmosphere
In the context of world-leading cat conservation charity, Panthera, working to secure a future for …
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
THE BIG LITTLE PROJECT
The BIG little Project was designed to bring community awareness to Cooking With Kids (CWK). For 25…
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
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…