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

From the 16th Annual Shorty Awards True Crime & Documentary Podcast

This award honors the most effective and creative true crime or documentary podcast. Includes single episode, series and mini-series.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

True Crime & Documentary Podcast
winner
Gooned
Gooned is a podcast about the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), a network of profit-incentivized behavi…

Finalists

True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
gold honor
Betrayal Season 2
This season of Betrayal focuses on one mother’s fight to find justice for her daughter and protecti…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen
“Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen” marked Paramount Audio’s first foray into a …
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
48 Hours
On air since 1988, reaching 36 seasons with no signs of slowing down, “48 Hours” stands as one of t…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Burden of Guilt
Burden of Guilt tells the story of Traceyraquel Berns, a woman who spent decades at the center of o…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Dateline: Missing in America Season 2
“Missing in America” is an original podcast series from Dateline NBC aimed specifically at helping …
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Murder in Apartment 12
On the surface Murder in Apartment 12 is about the killing of Nona Dirksmeyer, a 19 year-old beauty…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
The “48 Hours” franchise is a titan of true crime and within it lies great potential for spin-off c…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
The Girl in the Blue Mustang
Dateline’s six-episode podcast series, “The Girl in the Blue Mustang,” told the story of the murder…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
The Perfect Scam
Fraud is a billion-dollar industry affecting people of all ages, across all walks of life. Transnat…

Nominees

True Crime & Documentary Podcast
48 Hours: Post Mortem
As the main “48 Hours” podcast grew in popularity and gained more subscribers, it was clear that li…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
Why Can't We Talk About Amanda's Mom?
“Why Can’t We Talk About Amanda’s Mom?” is a narrative podcast, and over the course of 8 episodes, …