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!

Government & Politics

This award recognizes the most effective and creative use of social media and digital by a political party, politician, government advocacy group or city, state or country government.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Government & Politics
"Hear From"
The objective? Simple. Make one ad to propel a 25-year-old Afro-Cuban gun violence prevention organ…
Government & Politics
Barack Obama x ATTN: The Power of Your Vote in 2022
We set out to remind a younger generation that their vote matters and is more important than ever t…
Government & Politics
Cause a Sea Change: Save Sharks
At Ocean Today, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we enhance…
Government & Politics
Combating Teen Vaping In Florida
THE FACTS NOW is a youth tobacco prevention campaign established by the Florida Department of Healt…
Government & Politics
Cool Careers: She's a Hurricane Scientist
At Ocean Today, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we enhance…
Government & Politics
Earth Strikes Back with NASA and Johns Hopkins APL’s #DARTMission
For billions of years asteroids have been hitting the Earth. But what if Earth (and humankind) foun…
Government & Politics
For Us
In June 2022, first-time congressional candidate Katie Darling launched an long-shot campaign again…
Government & Politics
National Automobile Dealers Association Website
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) represents over 16,000 new-car and truck-franchi…
Government & Politics
Rebranding an invasive species
The Great Lakes are in danger of catastrophic devastation from an invasive fish widely known as "As…
Government & Politics
Watch NOAA's Hurricane Hunters Fly Into the Eye of a Monster
At Ocean Today, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we enhance…
Government & Politics
We Need To Talk About Texas featuring Beto O'Rourke
Try Guy, Eugene Lee Yang, has always been proud to represent the state of Texas and was ready to he…