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!

Branded Podcast

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

See previous winners and honorees here.
Branded Podcast
"The New Rules of Business" Podcast by Chief
Chief is the most powerful network of women executives in the world. What began as a vision to driv…
Branded Podcast
Ahead of Its Time by Setapp. A show about tech underdogs no one knew would shape the future.
Setapp’s business objectives for the podcast were the following:    Build brand awarene…
Branded Podcast
Discover Universal Podcast
The objective of the Discover Universal podcast is to educate and entertain Guests and Fans who ent…
Branded Podcast
NASW Social Work Talks Podcast
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) created Social Work Talks Podcast to lift up soci…
Branded Podcast
Pfizer's The Antigen Podcast - Season 3
Pfizer became a household name during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as it worked to develop o…
Branded Podcast
PwC’s Take on Tomorrow
There are plenty of great podcasts about the challenges the world faces, and plenty more about busi…
Branded Podcast
Teamistry Season 4—Making an Impossible Airplane: The Untold Story of Concorde
‘Let collaboration run wild.’ This is Atlassian’s newly stated brand purpose and the driving force …
Branded Podcast
The Beauty Of… A Podcast by Ulta Beauty
At Ulta Beauty, we believe beauty should help us realize our possibilities, not diminish them. Yet,…
Branded Podcast
The Bid Podcast by BlackRock
The Global content and media team at BlackRock develops, produces, and distributes high-quality, en…
Branded Podcast
The Nordy Pod
Pete Nordstrom began his career when he was 12 years old and working in a Nordstrom stockroom. Afte…
Branded Podcast
The Partnership Economy
The Partnership Economy podcast was created for businesses, partners, agencies, and consumers alike…
Branded Podcast
The Perfect Scam Podcast
Fraud is a billion-dollar industry affecting people of all ages, across all walks of life. Transnat…
Branded Podcast
The Unicorn Launcher podcast
Branded Podcast
Volume Up by The Tease
The Volume Up by The Tease podcast focuses on elevating stories of the salon professional, particul…
Branded Podcast
Walker Webcast
The Walker Webcast was launched with the onset of COVID as a way to stay connected with our clients…
Branded Podcast
What Happens Next?
At Monash University, we’re dedicated to lifelong learning, but we’re also dedicated to using that …