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!

Food & Beverage

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media and digital by food and beverage brands. Objectives may include (but are not limited to) product launches, special offers/promotions, and fostering community.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Food & Beverage
#HeinzMasterz
Heinz UK had experimented with creator content in 2021. The results were so delicious that they dec…
Food & Beverage
Absolut.Land
At the close of 2021, sales for the overall liquor industry were booming. The vodka category, howev…
Food & Beverage
Adulting Sucks
Task: Help Heinz launch its reformulated No Sugar Added Ketchup, made with the great taste of Heinz…
Food & Beverage
Bomb Pop x GALE: #AFlavorForEveryYou TikTok
Going into the summer of 2022, Bomb Pop had a challenge — teens and tweens knew our iconic Red, Whi…
Food & Beverage
CBS Sports x Dr Pepper Present “Brady vs. Machine,” Featuring Brady Quinn and Chris Hassel
The Tuition Toss has been a college football institution for over a decade, and in 2022, Dr Pepper …
Food & Beverage
Chipotle Mexican Grill x Corn Kid
This summer, an interview with a 7-year old named Tariq describing his favorite food, corn, went vi…
Food & Beverage
Cook Like A Mother
In recent years, RAGÚ had struggled to regain its lead in the face of ever-growing competition and …
Food & Beverage
Cracker Jill
The 125-year-old Cracker Jack brand is one of America’s most iconic snacks in American baseball. Ev…
Food & Beverage
DQ Fall Blizzard Menu x Taylor Swift Midnights
It’s me, hi, I’m the Blizzard, it’s me. When Taylor Swift speaks, the internet listens. The anno…
Food & Beverage
DiGiorno Made Us Do It
Did you know that Americans eat nearly 350 slices of pizza per second? And, 90% purchase pizza from…
Food & Beverage
Dwight Howard Is Fueled By Nature
The Arrowhead Brand has been part of the community for over 125 years, but they hadn’t spoken to th…
Food & Beverage
Emmentaler AOP x Gipsy Chef Campaign
Switzerland Cheese Marketing is a non-profit organization that promotes the different varieties of …
Food & Beverage
Envy Apple: The Ultimate Holiday Apple
An apple so good, it can only be called Envy.  Our objective with this campaign was to position …
Food & Beverage
First Media and Kraft Heinz - 2022 Integrated Holiday Campaign with So Yummy
First Media’s viral food brand, So Yummy, partnered with Kraft Heinz to create out of the box co-br…
Food & Beverage
French's Mustard Donuts
French's is the market leader in Yellow Mustard, and keeping the brand culturally relevant is key t…
Food & Beverage
French's NIL
On October 16th, 2021, the University of Tennessee football team failed to convert on a last-minute…
Food & Beverage
Friends of Topo
The Topo Chico brand was built in the field, case-by-case. To achieve their cult status in their in…
Food & Beverage
Ham or Turkey Time
Bar-S Foods is a value brand that makes hot dogs, sausages, lunchmeat, bacon, and other items, and …
Food & Beverage
Hard Rock Cafe - Messi Burger - Champions Edition
  The campaign aims to: Increase brand awareness and promote the unique, limited edition M…
Food & Beverage
Jersey Mike's Sub Stacker
As the presenting sponsor of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, Jersey Mike’s Subs wanted to crea…
Food & Beverage
Kraft Mayo Couture
Context: Kraft Real Mayo is the mayo for mayo people. We're on a mission to champion people who …
Food & Beverage
McDonald's Word of the Day: QPC
The McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese (QPC) is a large burger that has been beloved by generat…
Food & Beverage
NERDS Twist & Mix
Imagined in 1983, NERDS first became known for their tiny, tangy, and colorful candy pieces package…
Food & Beverage
Nestle Drumstick x Comedy Central’s ‘Screen Test’ starring Christian DelGrosso
Nestle Drumstick approached Paramount looking for an integrated campaign to unleash the brand’s rea…
Food & Beverage
Pure Life Celebrates Chosen Families
For over 30 years, Pure Life has provided healthy hydration for, and been trusted by, families acro…
Food & Beverage
Rosanna Pansino
Food & Beverage
SAVOUR
Hellmann’s Spicy Mayo had launched in 2021 in an already crowded category. We had to re-introduce o…
Food & Beverage
ShopRite Social Video Series: A Snackable, Shoppable Success!
Our core objective was to position ShopRite grocery stores, and ShopRite Own Brands products, to ap…
Food & Beverage
Social Studies x Truly Margarita
Truly celebrates life’s adventures that are just around the corner – waiting to be opened – just li…
Food & Beverage
Szechuan Sauce Drop
Increase app downloads and in-app McNugget sales with a social-led, limited-time program. 
Food & Beverage
Tango Berry Peachy
Tango was launching a new soft drink flavour: Berry Peachy. They wanted to raise awareness of th…
Food & Beverage
Tiger Pistol and Wendy’s Set New Standard for QSR Advertising
Tiger Pistol partnered with The Wendy’s Company for a national-to-local social advertising strategy…
Food & Beverage
Topo Premieres
The Topo Chico brand was built in the field, case-by-case, bottle-by-bottle. To achieve their cult …
Food & Beverage
Tropicana Crunch Cereal
Tropicana was experiencing softening sales and looking to create a cultural moment to spark excitem…