THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS
The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!
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Rebrand Campaign
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Content and Media
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Data Visualization
Email
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Micro-site
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Native Advertising
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Brand Identity
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Instagram Partnership
Multi-Platform Partnership
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Metaverse
Artificial Intelligence
Extended Reality
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Immersive
Interactive Content
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NFTs
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Overall Presence
Facebook Presence
Instagram Presence
Instant Message Presence
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LinkedIn Presence
Multi-Platform Presence
Other Platform Presence
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TikTok Presence
Twitter Presence
YouTube Presence
Single Platform
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Other Platform
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TikTok
Twitter
YouTube
Strategy & Engagement
Brand Partnership
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Call to Action
Chatbots
Community Management
Creative Use of Technology
Customer Service
Earned Media
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Employee Engagement
Event & Experiential
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Fundraising
Gamification
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Humor
Innovative Media Buying Strategy
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Insights & Trends
Integration with Live Television
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Localization
Micro-Influencer Strategy
Multicultural Community Engagement
Music & Dance
On a Shoestring
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Organic Promotion
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Physical and Digital Convergence
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Instructional Video
Live Event Coverage
Live Video
Long Form Video
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From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards
Single Post or Activation
This award honors a single post and/or activation that garnered significant attention by "going viral,” or spreading quickly and widely through online shares.
Winner
Single Post or Activation
winner
Whirlpool: The Great Microwave Debate
Remember the great “dress” debate? Or maybe Laurel/Yanny rings a bell? Well the night before Memori…
Finalists
Single Post or Activation
finalist
audience honor
#WarzoneReport
It was the one-year anniversary of Activision’s newest battle royale game: Call of Duty: Warzone. T…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
GoFundMe Calls on Congress to Help Americans
In February of 2021, GoFundMe analyzed internal data and watched certain trends unfold on our platf…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
Green Screen Guy: Frankie LaPenna x NFL & Ravens
In hindsight, our objective looked simple: create viral content? Sure. But the phrase “viral conten…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
Krystal: CraveTV
Krystal, in partnership with Dagger (AOR), launched Crave TV for the “high” holy holiday, 4/20. The…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
The Naked Truth
Girls are in crisis. Their self-esteem is at an all-time low largely due to the proliferation of so…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
The Other Side
In 2021, in the face of Asian hate, Digitas teamed up with Ascend to launch a campaign that would s…
Nominees
Single Post or Activation
"Take the $500k"
Join in on the "Dinner with JAY-Z or $500k?" debate like only TIDAL could.
Single Post or Activation
#FaceOffChallenge
The objective was to promote the new song ‘Face Off’ by TechN9ne, featuring Joey Cool, King Iso and…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
audience honor
#WarzoneReport
It was the one-year anniversary of Activision’s newest battle royale game: Call of Duty: Warzone. T…
Single Post or Activation
DQ Designer on Break Meme
Single Post or Activation
DQ Designer on Break Viral Facebook Post
In partnership with DQ clients, the Barkley team's objective was to drive engagement and conversati…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
GoFundMe Calls on Congress to Help Americans
In February of 2021, GoFundMe analyzed internal data and watched certain trends unfold on our platf…
Single Post or Activation
Going Viral: The Success of the 2010 Metrodome Roof Collapse Anniversary Video
The Metrodome Roof Collapse is a favorite conversation starter for Minnesotans. With the 10-year an…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
Green Screen Guy: Frankie LaPenna x NFL & Ravens
In hindsight, our objective looked simple: create viral content? Sure. But the phrase “viral conten…
Single Post or Activation
Grown-ish: Who Gets Married Campaign
Grown-ish follows Zoey Johnson as she heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthoo…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
Krystal: CraveTV
Krystal, in partnership with Dagger (AOR), launched Crave TV for the “high” holy holiday, 4/20. The…
Single Post or Activation
MGM Studios | How It Started → How It Ends
The breakout Sundance film, How It Ends, starring Zoe Lister-Jones, was set to release in the summe…
Single Post or Activation
Making the World of Soccer Stand Still
After a quiet summer, the schedule announcement is the first punch of excitement for a team/league.…
Single Post or Activation
Rick and Morty: An Interdimensional Social Experience
Listen up, brohs! If there were an award for putting the most effort into not giving a squanch, we’…
Single Post or Activation
finalist
The Naked Truth
Girls are in crisis. Their self-esteem is at an all-time low largely due to the proliferation of so…
Single Post or Activation
The Oakley KATO Virtual Launch
Oakley approached Kamp Grizzly to create a first-of-its-kind product reveal moment that introduced …
Single Post or Activation
finalist
The Other Side
In 2021, in the face of Asian hate, Digitas teamed up with Ascend to launch a campaign that would s…
Single Post or Activation
winner
Whirlpool: The Great Microwave Debate
Remember the great “dress” debate? Or maybe Laurel/Yanny rings a bell? Well the night before Memori…
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