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

Branded Podcast

This category honors a podcast or podcast series that creatively established a social presence and/or garnered significant attention or following from an audience.

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Branded Podcast
A Better Way to Money™
The idea behind A Better Way to Money was to create a podcast that resonates with Northwestern Mutu…
Branded Podcast
About the Journey Podcast
In the fourth season of About the Journey, the flagship podcast of Marriott Bonvoy, we turn inward …
Branded Podcast
Catch A Cat Burglar: Purry Duty
Please review the confidential section for the written submission, podcast episodes and case video.
Branded Podcast
Countermeasures
In Season 2 of Countermeasures, we set out to deepen the conversation around the opioid epidemic by…
Branded Podcast
Inside the Midnight Order Podcast
Freeform and ABC News produced a companion podcast for their true-crime docu-series “Sasha Reid and…
Branded Podcast
Radio Headspace
Radio Headspace, the flagship podcast of Headspace, was launched in 2020 to provide listeners with …
Branded Podcast
Take on Tomorrow
PwC’s Take on Tomorrow  podcast explores the critical intersection of business and society, examini…
Branded Podcast
The Unshakeables
The primary goal of The Unshakeables was to help differentiate Chase for Business within their cate…
Branded Podcast
This is Small Business
The driving idea behind This is Small Business is that entrepreneurship thrives on community. Every…
Branded Podcast
Turning Points: Navigating Mental Health (Podcast)
Point32Health, a nonprofit health and well-being organization - and the parent company for Tufts He…
Branded Podcast
What Should I Do With My Money?
What Should I Do With My Money? by Morgan Stanley connects individuals with financial questions to …
Branded Podcast
What The Fraud? by Sumsub
“What The Fraud?” was created to combat the surge of digital fraud threatening businesses of all si…
Branded Podcast
“Mind the Business: Small Business Success Stories”
Small business owners (SBOs) face countless challenges, from navigating taxes and payroll to scalin…