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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!

From the 1st Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Education

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that seeks to address education inside and outside of the classroom. Educational institutions, programs and services are eligible for this award. Objectives may include educational equity, engaging current students and parents and thought leadership.

Winner

Education
winner
MTV Pants Off
MTV Pants Off is a Snapchat-first show about sex and relationships hosted by sex ed YouTuber, Laci …

Finalists

Education
finalist
#SaidNoSchoolEver
Hefty is the only trash bag that supports Box Tops For Education, one of America's largest school e…
Education
finalist
#COMMONCORE —How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education
Hashtag Common Core Project (#Commoncore Project) is an ongoing research project that examines the …
Education
finalist
Beginning: A Pencils of Promise Virtual Reality Film
Ahead of Pencils of Promise's annual gala, the for-purpose education organization sought to create …
Education
finalist
Care Counts
simple thing: clean clothes.Kids who regularly miss school are 7 times more likely to drop out.Kids…
Education
finalist
Combating Book Deserts: JetBlue's Soar with Reading
Launched in 2011, JetBlue's Soar with Reading (SWR) program is designed to encourage kids' imaginat…
Education
finalist
Commodity Carnival/Risk Ranch
CME Group launched Commodity Carnival in partnership with the National 4-H Council with one main go…
Education
finalist
DonorsChoose.org’s #BestSchoolDay
Too many teachers–particularly those in high-poverty communities–lack the classroom resources th…
Education
finalist
Dressed in Code: A Little Black Dress for the Digital Age
Building something on the web with your own hands brings a rush of self-reliance and satisfaction. …
Education
finalist
Story for Chela
Kenya's future dreamers are under threat of disappearance as the literacy levels of children deteri…
Education
finalist
The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …

Nominees

Education
finalist
#SaidNoSchoolEver
Hefty is the only trash bag that supports Box Tops For Education, one of America's largest school e…
Education
finalist
#COMMONCORE —How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education
Hashtag Common Core Project (#Commoncore Project) is an ongoing research project that examines the …
Education
Achieving Tomorrow Social Campaign
Previously, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's social media accounts were treated as a space…
Education
finalist
Beginning: A Pencils of Promise Virtual Reality Film
Ahead of Pencils of Promise's annual gala, the for-purpose education organization sought to create …
Education
finalist
Care Counts
simple thing: clean clothes.Kids who regularly miss school are 7 times more likely to drop out.Kids…
Education
Chegg Foundation #GiveBackAndGo
#GiveBackAndGo is a competitive service learning internship opened to students nation-wide, designe…
Education
finalist
Combating Book Deserts: JetBlue's Soar with Reading
Launched in 2011, JetBlue's Soar with Reading (SWR) program is designed to encourage kids' imaginat…
Education
finalist
Commodity Carnival/Risk Ranch
CME Group launched Commodity Carnival in partnership with the National 4-H Council with one main go…
Education
finalist
DonorsChoose.org’s #BestSchoolDay
Too many teachers–particularly those in high-poverty communities–lack the classroom resources th…
Education
finalist
Dressed in Code: A Little Black Dress for the Digital Age
Building something on the web with your own hands brings a rush of self-reliance and satisfaction. …
Education
Engaging STEM-azing Minds Through ExploraVision
In the early 1990's, Toshiba posed a challenging question to its senior leadership: "How can we mak…
Education
Every Child a Super Reader
Why are so many kids in this country striving readers and not thriving readers? How can we get kids…
Education
Inspiring Curiosity with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s #SparkAMind Campaign
Can a global learning company inspire the world? At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, we believe so. We ar…
Education
winner
MTV Pants Off
MTV Pants Off is a Snapchat-first show about sex and relationships hosted by sex ed YouTuber, Laci …
Education
Microsoft Pencils of Promise
#UpgradeYourWorld is a new year-long initiative to celebrate those who inspire and empower others, …
Education
NOVA PBS Facebook
In 2012, NOVA's Facebook page was, for the most part, treated as a vehicle for driving tune-in to N…
Education
On the Farm STEM Experience
Through this program, funded by the Beef Checkoff Program, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for …
Education
Project Literacy
Project Literacy is a global movement convened by Pearson to make significant and sustainable advan…
Education
finalist
Story for Chela
Kenya's future dreamers are under threat of disappearance as the literacy levels of children deteri…
Education
finalist
The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …
Education
The Course Hero Knowledge Drive
The Course Hero Knowledge Drive has a simple yet powerful mission: to build a brighter academic fut…
Education
The Verizon Foundation
We believe that all kids deserve a chance to create a brighter future for themselves. But kids can …
Education
Toe to Toe
To encourage school children in the UK to donate their outgrown but not outworn [school] shoes at t…