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 Foreign Language Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign NEW! Rebrand Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Episodic NEW! 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 & Travel 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

Creator & Influencer Partnerships

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 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 Engagement Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) NEW! Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications Micro-Influencer Strategy 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 Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form 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 overarching objective of the podcast is to raise brand awareness, attracting and educating pote…
Branded Podcast
Bet It Drives Show
The problem iGaming B2B marketing has a sameness problem. Every company sponsors the same confer…
Branded Podcast
First Frame Podcast, presented by TELUS STORYHIVE
At the heart of TELUS STORYHIVE’s First Frame podcast is a simple but powerful idea: every creator …
Branded Podcast
Merging Into Life
Merging Into Life is a biweekly podcast launched by AAA Northeast, intended to capture a younger Mi…
Branded Podcast
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
Hulu Original mystery-comedy “Only Murders in the Building” follows three strangers (Steve Martin, …
Branded Podcast
Prime Video: Brain on Prime Podcast
In 2025, global progress on women’s rights faced unprecedented rollback, and the digital landscape …
Branded Podcast
Redefiners Podcast
Redefiners was created to spotlight leaders who are reshaping industries, challenging norms, and re…
Branded Podcast
Resilient Edge: A business vitality podcast from Deloitte
Resilient Edge is a multi-episode branded podcast created to position Deloitte’s SAP alliance as a …
Branded Podcast
Seen on the Screen with Jacqueline Coley
Seen on the Screen with Jacqueline Coley celebrates how film reflects and shapes culture, through c…
Branded Podcast
Silver Linings with the Old Gays
Silver Linings with the Old Gays was created to uplift the voices and lived lessons of queer elders…
Branded Podcast
Take on Tomorrow
The world is changing faster than ever, so how does business keep up?  In this special series of Ta…
Branded Podcast
What The Fraud?
What The Fraud? by Sumsub was created to make complex fraud threats understandable and genuinely us…
Branded Podcast
Who's the Asshole? Grindr's Sex-Positive Podcast
With Who’s the Asshole?, Grindr set out to do more than launch a podcast, it claimed space as an un…
Branded Podcast
Whole Foods Market's Beyond the Board Podcast
The Beyond the Board podcast was created to deepen Whole Foods Market’s storytelling by moving beyo…
Branded Podcast
Wild Ideas Worth Living
Wild Ideas Worth Living, presented by Capital One and the REI Co-op Mastercard, aims to encourage p…