THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

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

By Cause

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

By Industry

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

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality Feature Film NEW! Gaming Images Interactive Content Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports NEW! Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology Data & Insights Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Generative AI Guerrilla Marketing NEW! Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Sound & Music NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 16th Annual Shorty Awards Education

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media and digital by educational institutions, programs and services. Objectives may include (but are not limited to) promoting enrollment and school spirit, engaging current students and thought leadership.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Education
winner
Duolingo - 'Living With Lily'
Duolingo’s cast of mascots have become a beloved part of the brand’s product and marketing. They ha…

Finalists

Education
finalist
gold honor
The Met Replica
After lockdown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art was looking for a way to boost visitation. So, they …
Education
finalist
silver honor
ONE Creator Lab – Launch
ONE Creator Lab is an innovative tuition-free program spanning 20 weeks developed to bridge the gap…
Education
finalist
bronze honor
Crayola Creativity Week
The campaign's objective was to support children’s creativity and increase creative teaching and le…
Education
finalist
"On Rotation" with Icahn Mount Sinai Medical Students
Imagine this: You're with friends who are eager to play a new game, but you're the only one familia…
Education
finalist
ATTN: x Nickelodeon x iCivics - Well Versed
Civics education, like math and reading, needs to start early, with content that is age appropriate…
Education
finalist
Ed & Em Eats
Our Ed & Em Eats series was created for Instagram Reels and TikTok. We recognized in the current wo…
Education
finalist
IBM SkillsBuild and STEM Personality Quiz
SpecialGuest designed the first-ever STEM personality test with IBM to show underrepresented and ma…
Education
finalist
Scope – An Imagine Learning Original Series
The goal of Scope is to help educators and learners of all ages uncover connections between the sub…
Education
finalist
audience honor
Socially Smart Education: DP Education's Mastery in Leveraging Social Media for Modern Learning
Since October 2019, DP Education of Dhammika & Priscilla Perera Foundation, has been revolutionizin…

Nominees

Education
AWS Skill Builder Influencer Campaign – Going from Cloud Curious to Cloud Famous
Coding instructional videos tend to share a very formulaic B2B approach – neutral narrator, generic…
Education
Best Learning Experience Design
The CEO Training Program crafted by Compliance and Quality Assurance (CAQA) for RTO personnel is me…
Education
Doing #EduTok Differently with Chegg
Chegg, a leading education technology company, engaged Viral Nation to overhaul, reinvigorate, and …
Education
ISC2 – Your future. Secured.
When ISC2 debuted their new brand, they wanted to showcase a different world of cybersecurity – one…
Education
On Creativity Series
On Creativity is a SCAD original interview series featuring conversations with visionaries in the w…
Education
The WORLD from A to Z: Non-Partisan News for Students
Helping students better understand the world around them -- and having civil discussions about cont…
Education
Uplift Education High School Enrollment Campaign
Uplift Education is a charter school that focuses on more than just education. They aim to help stu…
Education
We Are Teachers— A Community of 3.9 Million Educators
We Are Teachers is more than a website, it is a proud community of educators— 3.9 million strong—wh…
Education
i5 Playbook
i5 is a pedagogical framework that the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) creat…