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!

YouTube Partnership

This award honors the effective and creative integration of an influencer, celebrity or ambassador into a social media or digital marketing campaign optimized for YouTube.

See previous winners and honorees here.
YouTube Partnership
#GamerVsWorld
A casual bet between gaming icons and creators SypherPK (6.5m YouTube subscribers) and Typical Game…
YouTube Partnership
MTV's Following: Bretman Rock
With the success of the first season of MTV’s Following, we saw a strong opportunity to dig deeper …
YouTube Partnership
Pocket.wtach / Clock.work & Play-Doh
As a BIG new item for Play Doh, the Ultimate Ice Cream Truck Playset required a campaign that would…
YouTube Partnership
Quest for Craft
Awareness remains a top priority for the brand in the crowded US whisk(e)y category. The objecti…
YouTube Partnership
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Trailer YouTube Afterparty
Miles Morales and his debut in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse rocked the world with its heartfel…
YouTube Partnership
Tourism Australia x The Wiggles: Holiday the Wiggly Way by Digitas ANZ
In 2021, with borders still closed, tourist visitation in Australia was way down. To support the in…
YouTube Partnership
Volvo Cars: Sounds of the Volvo XC60 Plug-In Hybrid
When Volvo looked to tell the tech and design story of their Volvo XC60 Plug-in Hybrid to a YouTube…