THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

From the 15th Annual Shorty Awards User-Generated Content

This award honors the use of user-generated content (UGC) to engage their audience in a way that enhanced social presence and/or audience following and drove revenue.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

User-Generated Content
winner
audience honor
The Adult Happy Meal
McDonald’s is a brand that needs no introduction. However, its ubiquity and familiarity had left it…

Finalists

User-Generated Content
finalist
gold honor
Etsy Instagram
At the outset of 2022, we were facing a challenge: Radically reinvent Etsy's flagship social media …
User-Generated Content
finalist
silver honor
#IYWYK: Celebrating REAL Walmart Shopper Stories on TikTok
As more and more shoppers are turning to Walmart during these inflationary times, we wanted to huma…
User-Generated Content
finalist
FOX Sports and Tagboard Partner To Produce The Most Globally Connected World Cup Ever
Heading into its FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, FOX Sports’ digital team faced some unique challenges.…
User-Generated Content
finalist
Honda Civic 50th Anniversary
The Honda Civic—America’s 6-time-running best-selling car, and one of the most popular vehicles eve…

Nominees

User-Generated Content
Dragstravaganza - TikTok User Engagement
User-Generated Content
Epicenter's artists as creators and community builders
Uplift, amplify the work of, and create economic opportunity for those left behind in the Arts. …
User-Generated Content
Hoffman York – Wahl Influencer Program
Wahl, a leading manufacturer of men's grooming, pet grooming, and massage products, tasked Hoffman …
User-Generated Content
House of Highlights: UGC
User Generated Content (UGC) has been a pivitol form of media that House of Highlights (HoH) uses a…
User-Generated Content
Panchayat #SelfieWithLauki (Selfie With Bottle gourd)
Amazon Prime Video, one of India’s leading OTT services, was coming back with the second season of …
User-Generated Content
TikTok - Make Every Moment Pop!
Kernel Season’s® Brand of popcorn seasoning was looking to spice things up for popcorn consumers. T…
User-Generated Content
Truth, Dare or Dollar
This project is confidential.
User-Generated Content
Urban Decay x JOIN Stories
For Urban Decay’s JOIN Stories activation we aimed to reach a Gen Z audience, to test and learn wha…