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!

Animation

This award honors the most creative and effective use of animations in a social media or digital marketing campaign.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Animation
"Smarter in Seconds: Toxic Positivity"
Blair Imani is a critically acclaimed historian, author, educator, and influencer. Her work centers…
Animation
#DaaSJams Helps Citrix Top the Charts with IT Community
With the events of the past few years, the world forever changed — and the way we work changed with…
Animation
A Lenovo TrackPoint Halloween (2022)
Lenovo’s Global Social Media COE manages the majority of our content creation in-house. This includ…
Animation
Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri and Alexa
What the Hack with Adam Levin is a weekly true cybercrime podcast featuring interviews with people …
Animation
Chevy SUV Lofi
  No automotive segment is more prone to the “sea of sameness” curse than Sport Utility Vehicles…
Animation
Comedy Central's Tales from the Trip
The Comedy Central Digital Team set out to create repeatable formats that would be highly engaging …
Animation
Cookie Run Kingdom - Braver Together Social Trailer
When a brand is lucky enough to partner with BTS - arguably the biggest pop sensation in the world …
Animation
Dollface S2 IDs
Animation
Domino Masters: 3D Motion Graphics
In order to introduce a social media audience to FOX’s first season of Domino Masters, we were dete…
Animation
Dragstravaganza - Hunky Horseman ID
Animation
Headspace and Star Wars™
Headspace and Star Wars™ joined forces to launch exclusive content featuring the most iconic charac…
Animation
Holiday Claymation Campaign
To celebrate the winter holidays, Fiverr teamed up with three prominent creator teams, Good Mythica…
Animation
Honda Civic 50th Anniversary
The Honda Civic—America’s 6-time-running best-selling car, and one of the most popular vehicles eve…
Animation
Honda Stories of Determination
At a time when vehicle inventory was low, our efforts were focused on creating overarching brand-bu…
Animation
Hulu IDs
Animation
Mental Health Moment - “Breathe” Spot
America is in the throes of a Mental Health crisis, and not everyone has the means or access to aff…
Animation
Minions: The Rise of Gru – Minion Zodiac
To help the marketing and promotion of the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment release Minions: T…
Animation
Newman's Own Foundation Invests in Possibilities!
To achieve our goal of connecting consumers to the Foundation’s mission, we share compelling storie…
Animation
Nuggets Trail Schedule Release
We wanted to use the inspiration and concept of the throwback video game, The Oregon Trail, to brin…
Animation
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - ASMR
Our favorite feline hero returned to theaters with his trademark bravado, swagger, and comedy. Our …
Animation
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 7 "The Battle of Mount RuCropolis"
In 2022, RuPaul’s Drag Race ventured into new creative territories and explored untapped marketing …
Animation
Star Trek: Prodigy Infinite Zoom Title Reveal
“Star Trek: Prodigy” is Paramount+’s adventurous animated addition to the “Star Trek” franchise, op…
Animation
The Luxury Collection – Itineraries
With over 120 hotels around the world, The Luxury Collection offers a gateway to the world’s most e…
Animation
Topo Premieres
The Topo Chico brand was built in the field, case-by-case, bottle-by-bottle. To achieve their cult …
Animation
Unpacked Series
With Unpacked, J.P. Morgan aims to break down complex and newsworthy topics from across the finance…