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!

Blog & Micro-blog

This award honors a blog or micro-blog that creatively established a social presence and/or garnered significant attention or following from an audience.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Blog & Micro-blog
Charlotte's Web Thoughts
"Charlotte's Web Thoughts" is a blog hosted on Substack that discusses politics, religion, and cult…
Blog & Micro-blog
Discover Universal - Universal Parks Blog
The goal of the Discover Universal Blog is to provide our guests with highly valuable, easy-to-find…
Blog & Micro-blog
HMH Shaped Blog
The ultimate goal of Shaped, HMH's company blog, is to help K–12 educators and education leaders. W…
Blog & Micro-blog
Insights by Hitachi Vantara
In the fall of 2021, Hitachi Vantara marketing and communications made the strategic decision to cr…
Blog & Micro-blog
MarcoFeng.com
We share guides to the world's best destinations, ideas for home craft and holiday shopping, and ev…
Blog & Micro-blog
Mindgruve Blog- Food For Your Brain.
The Mindgruve blog is designed for marketers and industry professionals who are looking for an insi…
Blog & Micro-blog
Mindvalley Blog
The façade of the Mindvalley Blog may be unassuming; however, one click in and it’s like diving int…
Blog & Micro-blog
Smile Train Stories
When we started rethinking our website’s Smile Train Stories section a few years ago, the challenge…
Blog & Micro-blog
lesliefischman.com
To write in spite of any adversity faced to those who are doing good work, with the intent to preve…