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!

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.
User-Generated Content
#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
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
Etsy Instagram
At the outset of 2022, we were facing a challenge: Radically reinvent Etsy's flagship social media …
User-Generated Content
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
Hoffman York – Wahl Influencer Program
Wahl, a leading manufacturer of men's grooming, pet grooming, and massage products, tasked Hoffman …
User-Generated Content
Honda Civic 50th Anniversary
The Honda Civic—America’s 6-time-running best-selling car, and one of the most popular vehicles eve…
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
The Adult Happy Meal
McDonald’s is a brand that needs no introduction. However, its ubiquity and familiarity had left it…
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…