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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!

From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards Public Service Announcement

This award honors the most creative and effective public service announcement run across any social media or digital platform by a brand, agency, or organization.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Public Service Announcement
winner
Fight for what’s Right
  BACKGROUND   India’s Issue with Women’s Safety 1 in 3 women in India is likely to hav…

Finalists

Public Service Announcement
finalist
Bajaj Finserv - Savdhaan Rahein Safe Rahein
To tackle the rising state of cyber and other frauds, especially with the blue-collar target audien…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Comedy Central's Why Not Both?
Comedy Central’s audience loves comedy, but they don’t necessarily turn to us for mental health mes…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Getting Open: Vikings Talk Mental Health
“It’s OK to not be OK.” This message was the Minnesota Vikings mission through the organization’…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
audience honor
Google’s Effort to Raise the Next Generation of Upstanders
We see it everywhere – in social captions, podcast names, even t-shirts: parents want to “raise goo…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Petrol Ofisi - Technologies Far Beyond The Roads
As Petrol Ofisi, Turkey's leading fuel company, we did not want to say on the sidelines when a pand…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
Public Service Announcement
finalist
WarnerMedia Vaccine Trading Cards PSA
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, WarnerMedia has used its platforms to share pro-social messaging …

Nominees

Public Service Announcement
AMC Networks Hispanic Heritage Month PSA
The objective of the campaign was to communicate the tremendous impact of Hispanic History Month by…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Bajaj Finserv - Savdhaan Rahein Safe Rahein
To tackle the rising state of cyber and other frauds, especially with the blue-collar target audien…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Comedy Central's Why Not Both?
Comedy Central’s audience loves comedy, but they don’t necessarily turn to us for mental health mes…
Public Service Announcement
Community Unity
COVID-19 vaccination rates among young people and teens are lower than their parents and grandparen…
Public Service Announcement
Delta Variant Force
Despite the introduction of three effective vaccines, COVID-19 continued to ravage much of the Unit…
Public Service Announcement
winner
Fight for what’s Right
  BACKGROUND   India’s Issue with Women’s Safety 1 in 3 women in India is likely to hav…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Getting Open: Vikings Talk Mental Health
“It’s OK to not be OK.” This message was the Minnesota Vikings mission through the organization’…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
audience honor
Google’s Effort to Raise the Next Generation of Upstanders
We see it everywhere – in social captions, podcast names, even t-shirts: parents want to “raise goo…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Petrol Ofisi - Technologies Far Beyond The Roads
As Petrol Ofisi, Turkey's leading fuel company, we did not want to say on the sidelines when a pand…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
Public Service Announcement
finalist
WarnerMedia Vaccine Trading Cards PSA
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, WarnerMedia has used its platforms to share pro-social messaging …