THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business Corporate Social Responsibility Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy Clean Water & Sanitation Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

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

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content Branded Series Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics Live Events Meme and GIFs Micro-Influencer Strategy Newsletters Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video Short Form Video Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 1st Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Animal & Wildlife

This award honors a program, project, or initiative executed to promote, protect, and defend wild and domestic animals.

Winner

Animal & Wildlife
winner
Can Puppies Fix Boredom? #PowerofPuppies
To celebrate the launch of their new product, Puppy Chow Natural, Puppy Chow wanted to demonstrate …

Finalists

Animal & Wildlife
finalist
96 Elephants
The Wildlife Conservation Society's 96 Elephants campaign — named for the number of elephants kille…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Adopt a Life Partner
The Ashley Madison leak grabbed headline as people collectively laughed about cheaters "getting w…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
DoSomething.org and truth’s Four-Legged Finishers campaign
Cats and dogs are twice as likely to get cancer if their owner smokes because of exposure to second…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Humana Brings The Parks To You
The National Park Service is an institution that instills patriotic pride and enriches the health a…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Project #ShareConservation for World Penguin Day
The African Penguin population has decreased by 98% in the last 100 years with only 25K breeding pa…

Nominees

Animal & Wildlife
#FlipOffFur
How do you make dissing fur cool? breensmith wanted to bridge the gap between the fur-wearers, the …
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
96 Elephants
The Wildlife Conservation Society's 96 Elephants campaign — named for the number of elephants kille…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Adopt a Life Partner
The Ashley Madison leak grabbed headline as people collectively laughed about cheaters "getting w…
Animal & Wildlife
winner
Can Puppies Fix Boredom? #PowerofPuppies
To celebrate the launch of their new product, Puppy Chow Natural, Puppy Chow wanted to demonstrate …
Animal & Wildlife
Captive
The movement to free killer whales is at a crossroads. Seven years after TakePart's parent company,…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
DoSomething.org and truth’s Four-Legged Finishers campaign
Cats and dogs are twice as likely to get cancer if their owner smokes because of exposure to second…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Humana Brings The Parks To You
The National Park Service is an institution that instills patriotic pride and enriches the health a…
Animal & Wildlife
Inside Florida’s first black bear hunt in more than two decades
In the summer of 2015, the Florida Fishing and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved Flor…
Animal & Wildlife
Merck Veterinary Manual
Merck & Co., Inc., has a long history of providing medical information to health care professionals…
Animal & Wildlife
finalist
Project #ShareConservation for World Penguin Day
The African Penguin population has decreased by 98% in the last 100 years with only 25K breeding pa…
Animal & Wildlife
The Shelter Pet Project
For 75 years, the Ad Council has been harnessing the power of media and the marketing sector to mak…
Animal & Wildlife
Under siege: How fishing is threatening Florida’s sharks
Because of its location along the Gulf Stream and its pleasant winter water temperatures, Jupiter, …
Animal & Wildlife
Vanishing
Based on current extinction rates, scientists and conservationists have warned that we are heading …