THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project

From the 15th Annual Shorty Awards 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.

Nominees

finalist
silver honor
"Hear From"
The objective? Simple. Make one ad to propel a 25-year-old Afro-Cuban gun violence prevention organ…
finalist
bronze honor
audience honor
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…
Cause a Sea Change: Save Sharks
At Ocean Today, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we enhance…
Combating Teen Vaping In Florida
THE FACTS NOW is a youth tobacco prevention campaign established by the Florida Department of Healt…
Cool Careers: She's a Hurricane Scientist
At Ocean Today, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we enhance…
finalist
gold honor
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…
winner
For Us
In June 2022, first-time congressional candidate Katie Darling launched an long-shot campaign again…
National Automobile Dealers Association Website
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) represents over 16,000 new-car and truck-franchi…
finalist
Rebranding an invasive species
The Great Lakes are in danger of catastrophic devastation from an invasive fish widely known as "As…
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…
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…