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 Podcast Mini Series

This award recognizes the most creative and effective use of a podcast developed in a multi-episode mini series format.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

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Dexter New Blood: Wrap-Up with Scott Reynolds Podcast
In October 2020, SHOWTIME® announced that after almost a decade off air, Dexter, one of the biggest…

Finalists

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Close to Death
Close to Death, hosted by comedian Utkarsh Ambudkar, profiles people who spend every day working wi…
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Forced To Flee
"Forced To Flee" had two main objectives. First, we wanted to bring the major issues of forced disp…
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Heinz - The Black Kitchen Podcast
Back in April 2021, Heinz, the LEE Initiative and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice partnered…
Podcast Mini Series
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No Denying It: The UN Climate Action Podcast
Climate fatigue is real-- the stories of activists doing what they can, with whatever tools they ha…
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Syria's Lost Generation
March 2021 marked the tenth anniversary of the Syrian War; presenting a small window of opportunity…
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The Followers: House of Prayer
A daughter's call to police about memories of her mother's alleged crime triggers a year-long inves…
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Where I Stay Podcast
Where I Stay was designed to change the way people think about homelessness by spotlighting the pli…

Nominees

Podcast Mini Series
Alligator Candy
In this true-crime series, ALLIGATOR CANDY follows the mysterious 1973 disappearance of writer and …
Podcast Mini Series
Art Bust: Scandalous Stories of the Art World
ART BUST: SCANDALOUS STORIES OF THE ART WORLD is an investigative podcast series in which U.K. auth…
Podcast Mini Series
Confronting: Columbine
It’s been more than 20 years since two teenagers killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Color…
Podcast Mini Series
Do You Know Mordechai?
In the genre-bending podcast, DO YOU KNOW MORDECHAI? it was all going so well. Arya had finally fal…
Podcast Mini Series
Hindsight
Hindsight is a genre-bending, docudrama podcast by Al Jazeera. The series resurrects some of histor…
Podcast Mini Series
The Followers: Madness of Two
How did the perfect suburban mom get wrapped up with doomsday preppers and prophets? For months, th…
Podcast Mini Series
The Greatness with Kareem Maddox
Kareem Maddox is a professional 3x3 basketball player and a lifelong fan of the Olympics, and he's …