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!

Non-Profit

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media or digital by a non-profit. For non-profit pricing, please email [email protected]

See previous winners and honorees here.
Non-Profit
#NoShameNoBlame: a campaign demanding a serious sentence for a serious crime
The #NoShameNoBlame campaign, launched during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence…
Non-Profit
Action Against Hunger Website
Today, hunger is preventable. Yet two million children die every year from malnutrition.  As one…
Non-Profit
Bodyright
85% of women globally have suffered or witnessed online abuse 92% of women report that online …
Non-Profit
Childhood Underground
“Childhood Underground” had a clear objective: To remind the world that the war is a terrifying chi…
Non-Profit
Chronicling a Powerful Legacy of Justice Work: Innocence Project's 30th Anniversary Digital Timeline
In celebration of the Innocence Project's 30th anniversary last year, we launched a digital timelin…
Non-Profit
Director of Social Media
Before the construction of Central Park in 1858, the landscape along what is now the Park’s perimet…
Non-Profit
Global Outreach Doctors | On The Frontlines
Humanitarian response: Ukraine On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Reports declared i…
Non-Profit
Global Outreach Doctors | Ukraine Mission
On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Reports declared it the largest conventional warfare…
Non-Profit
Halftime Reset: Health Disparities Campaign for Men of Color
The AARP x Broccoli City Campaign, “Halftime Reset: Reinventing Yourself for the Next Phase”, is ge…
Non-Profit
Hope For Ukraine
We provide food, medical attention, shelter and education for Ukrainians devastated by war. Main…
Non-Profit
Human Rights Watch Instagram Micro-Videos on Ukraine Invasion
Micro videos are short form videos produced in one day following the news agenda or trending conver…
Non-Profit
LEAD FROM BEHIND
Colon cancer has a marketing issue. It’s the second biggest cancer in America yet it’s preventable.…
Non-Profit
Newman's Own Foundation
Newman's Own Foundation exists to carry on legendary actor Paul Newman’s Radically Good legacy, giv…
Non-Profit
Open-source maps are saving the rainforest—and the world
Freethink set out to tell a story that highlights how MapBiomas is mapping data by showcasing both …
Non-Profit
Queer Sex Ed
Statistics show that sex education is required in twenty-nine states plus Washington D.C., but only…
Non-Profit
Sandals 40 for 40 Initiative
The tourism industry is the largest employer in the Caribbean reaching into all corners of communit…
Non-Profit
Save The Music: 25 Years of Driving Equity Through Making Music
Since 1997, Save The Music (STM) has worked to address systemic inequities in music education by in…
Non-Profit
Spreading Hope to Drive Pediatric Cancer Awareness with Hyundai Hope On Wheels
Around 10,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the U.S. While 195 million dollars o…
Non-Profit
Sunshine Online
For 40 years, Camp Sunshine has provided a fun, safe, and empowering environment for kids with canc…
Non-Profit
The A100: Gold Excellence in 2022
Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) are the fastest-growing racial group in the US, yet they contin…
Non-Profit
The Be There Certificate
The Be There Certificate is a free, self-paced, interactive online mental health course, created by…
Non-Profit
The Distressed Communities Index
The Distressed Communities Index (DCI)—a data tool and interactive map ranking communities’ economi…
Non-Profit
Upkept by Consumer Reports
Your home is one of your biggest financial investments and it doesn't come with instructions.  T…
Non-Profit
Women's Inequality Day
2022 saw unprecedented attacks on gender equity across the US. In response, the League of Women Vot…
Non-Profit
World Surf League’s We Are One Ocean Campaign
Our main goal is to engage global surf fans to protect and conserve our ocean to preserve the futur…
Non-Profit
charity: water OneOnOne Experience
771 million people in the world live without access to clean water, and our goal is to educate peop…
Non-Profit
gOD-Talk 2.0: Hip-Hop & #BlackFaith
gOD-Talk 2.0: Hip-Hop & #BlackFaith is the seventh episode of the award-winning web series presente…
Non-Profit
“My Life with Pulmonary Fibrosis”
Insights:  Pulmonary fibrosis is a rare disease that afflicts 40,000 - 50,000 people in the US. Ano…