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

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! 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 NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

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

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! 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 NEW!

Video Content

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

From the 1st Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best use of a Hashtag

This award honors the most creative and effective use of hashtags across any platform for a specific social cause or campaign.

Winner

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Dove: Dear Media
“Hot blonde.” “Huge nipples.” “Her ass is quality.” Somehow it’s become acceptable for the media t…

Finalists

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#SaidNoSchoolEver
Hefty is the only trash bag that supports Box Tops For Education, one of America's largest school e…
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#ShootATweet
How do we make the daily toll of gun violence something Congress can't ignore?The media does a grea…
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The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …

Nominees

Hashtag
#BlindNewWorld
More than 7 million blind people live in the U.S. Yet, more than half of Americans say they haven't…
Hashtag
#FedExCares: Turning Citizenship into an Internal Rallying Cry
More than 10,000 FedEx volunteers work to improve communities in upward of 400 cities across the gl…
Hashtag
#FlipOffFur
How do you make dissing fur cool? breensmith wanted to bridge the gap between the fur-wearers, the …
Hashtag
#ForgiveForPeace Campaign
The United Nations tasked influencer marketing platform, Influential, to create a campaign to raise…
Hashtag
#HavasPeepShow
The Breast Cancer Awareness installation inside advertising agency Havas Chicago's lobby was design…
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#IHateTheWait
With increasingly long TSA wait times and frustration with the current system escalating at airp…
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#SaidNoSchoolEver
Hefty is the only trash bag that supports Box Tops For Education, one of America's largest school e…
Hashtag
finalist
#ShootATweet
How do we make the daily toll of gun violence something Congress can't ignore?The media does a grea…
Hashtag
#StrongArmSelfie
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the U.S. c…
Hashtag
#TreatItForward Tuesday
We're passionate about making a positive difference for animals in need. In this campaign, we focus…
Hashtag
Call Your Shot
The Call Your Shot challenge was a social media campaign supporting World Malaria Day 2016 and was …
Hashtag
Cigna Fights Hunger
Cigna is more than just a health insurance company. We are committed to improving the health, well-…
Hashtag
winner
Dove: Dear Media
“Hot blonde.” “Huge nipples.” “Her ass is quality.” Somehow it’s become acceptable for the media t…
Hashtag
Jeep | 4x4 Day
This past April 4th, the Jeep brand celebrated it's first annual 4x4 Day, with a campaign centered …
Hashtag
M&M’S #MakeMLaugh For Red Nose Day
For the past two years, M&M'S has joined Comic Relief, an organization whose mission is to drive po…
Hashtag
MasterCard #STandUp4
For the past five years, MasterCard has supported Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) by donating 1 cent to S…
Hashtag
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The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …
Hashtag
Zappos: #ImNotABox Campaign
THE WHYEvery Zappos box has a unique story and purpose to each of our customers--whether they're sh…