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 Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance 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

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast NEW! Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

Of The Year

Commercial Creator of the Year Dual-Format Creator of the Year Large Agency of the Year Large Brand of the Year Large Non-Profit of the Year Mid-Sized Agency of the Year News Creator of the Year Site of the Year Small Agency of the Year Studio of the Year

From the 15th Annual Shorty Awards Other Podcast Genres

This award honors the most effective and creative podcast genre not featured in Shorty categories. Includes single episode, series and mini-series.

Winner

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Mobituaries - CBS News & iHeartRadio
The podcast Mobituaries aims to highlight the dearly departed who may not have gotten the spotlight…

Finalists

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gold honor
Travel Tales by AFAR
Since AFAR’s inception in 2009, our mission has been to inspire people to travel deeply. We’re know…
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silver honor
Tell Me What Happened—An OnStar podcast. Real stories of people helping people in distress.
The Tell Me What Happened series was conceived to ‘keep listeners on the edge of their seat’* with …
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finalist
bronze honor
Going Mental with Eileen Kelly
Going Mental hopes to paint a picture of mental health as a multi-dimensional topic that involves e…
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Atomic Gambit: The Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years Later
In October 1962, the world came perilously close to a global nuclear war that would have resulted i…
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Avatar: Braving the Elements - Nickelodeon & iHeartRadio
Grow the Avatar audience while increasing affinity and sustaining engagement with the core fa…
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Creative Development
The Creative Development podcast series serves as IFC’s thought leadership outlet on how finance an…
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Ghosthoney's Dream Machine
Pod People is a podcast studio that has primarily created work for clients; however, last year, we …
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Longer Tables with Chef José Andrés
I am José Andrés. I am a cook, restaurateur, and the founder of World Central Kitchen, a global non…
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Non-Binary People Answer All Your Burning Questions
Our objective for this topic was to help bring awareness to the general public through our 2nd Try …
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PwC’s Take on Tomorrow
There are plenty of great podcasts about the challenges the world faces, and plenty more about busi…
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Red, Blue, and Brady
Red, Blue, and Brady (RBB) is a unique podcast that aims to bring survivors, researchers, activists…
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The Heumann Perspective
As a lifelong activist Judy Heumann began using the medium of podcasts since 2021 to further the ca…
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audience honor
The Holderness Family Podcast
The objective of The Holderness Family Podcast is to give listeners a weekly dose of joy for those …

Nominees

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Citizen Stewart Show
“The Citizen Stewart Show” is an independent, pull-no-punches podcast about the perils and promise …
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Hindsight
Hindsight was born out of a passion to connect the historical and geopolitical dots of the Middle E…
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The End of the Road Podcast
The End of the Road Podcast uses stories to take listeners on a journey to some of the most remote …
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The OUTThinking Investor Podcast
More than a conversation, The OUTThinking Investor podcast weaves together interviews with PGIM exp…
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The Sustainability Roll Call
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Walker Webcast
The Walker Webcast was launched with the onset of COVID as a way to stay connected with our clients…
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Women in Influencer Marketing Community
Women in Influencer Marketing (better known as WIIM) has made a huge impact on the influencer marke…