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!

LGBTQ Community Engagement

This award honors brands, organizations and institutions that use social media to effectively engage and collaborate with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer communities.

See previous winners and honorees here.
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Aspercreme - Asperqueens
Aspercreme is a topical pain relief brand that’s iconic among Boomers, but has long failed to make …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Can't Quiet Pride
Established LGBTQ+ labels are facing the threat of extinction in the wake of the “Don’t say Gay” bi…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Comedy Central's The Gag
While there are incredible queer comedians, creators, and publications, we felt that there was a wh…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Depression Looks Like Me Takes Aim at Mental Health Representation
We are in a crisis. Today, 21 million American adults have major depression. Its differing symptoms…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Dragstravaganza Campaign
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Facebook x The Fit Out Campaign
When the biggest social network asks you to create their social content, it’s a compliment. When th…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Facebook: Acts of Pride
Pride is one of the tentpole moments in Facebook’s LGBTQ+ Community Program. It has historically un…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
HANGARFOUR CREATIVE X INDEED – 'TAKE PRIDE!' LIVE
Indeed is on a mission to help all people get jobs and is driven by the fact that better work contr…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
HBO Max's Human By Orientation Pride 2022
Pride is a critical time for HBO Max and Human By Orientation to engage our existing and potential …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Hotlines, Fliers and Human Connection: Reducing Disparities in Monkeypox Vaccination
When monkeypox (Mpox) first hit New York City in 2022, Epicenter-NYC knew immediately it needed to …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
IZEA + Colorado Crisis Services: LGBTQIA+ Community Mental Health Support Initiative
Colorado Crisis Services (CCS), is Colorado’s statewide resource for any mental health, substance u…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Hockey Is For Everyone. That is the slogan touted by the National Hockey League. But is not always …
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Legendary Season 3 Premiere Ball
HBO Max’s Legendary is a one-hour competition series where voguing teams – called “Houses” – compet…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Logo's Trans Youth Town Hall
In response to the rise in anti-trans legislation across the United States, Logo set out to amplify…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Love Victor Ferris Wheel Activation
Hulu came to us to help promote the third and final season of their inclusive and popular show Love…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
OGX x Refinery29: “Love is in the Hair” Campaign
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Out & Open
LGBTQ bars are far more than just bars. For generations, they’ve served as safe spaces in which the…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Queer Sex Ed
Statistics show that sex education is required in twenty-nine states plus Washington D.C., but only…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
RuPaul’s Drag Race #LGBTQHerstoryMonth | Behind-The-Scenes Honoring Trans Trailblazers
After the success of the October 2021 launch of LGBTQ Herstory Month, RuPaul’s Drag Race aimed to l…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Say It With PRIDE: Disney+ Celebrates Pride 365
Be loud, be bold, be colorful. This is “Say It With PRIDE: Disney+ Celebrates Pride365, a special c…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
TransAthletica
Trans people are subject to harmful media narratives and perceptions in society to begin with. In t…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
W.H.O TEAMS UP WITH COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT MPOX AND ITS STIGMA
The objective of the campaign by the World Health Organization (WHO) was to address the public heal…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
We're Here Season 3 Event
The Emmy Award-winning series We’re Here’s return for a third season coincided with unprecedented c…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Zoetis Corporate Working Parents of the Year Video
For the ninth year in a row, Zoetis has been named one of Seramount’s 100 Best Companies (previousl…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
“LGBTQ Nation’s Authentic Voices of Pride, presented by Chevrolet”
General Motors’ vision is to be “the most inclusive company in the world”.  GM’s brand Chevrolet so…