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

From the 1st Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best Non-Government Organization

This award honors efforts of non-government organizations to make the world a better place.

Winner

NGO
winner
#sharethemeal with a kid in need
There are some 795 million people in the world suffering from hunger and malnutrition, with poor nu…

Finalists

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finalist
Pinning Women’s History Month With Free Media From Wikipedia
The 36 million freely licensed images on Wikimedia Commons are for the most part undiscovered by th…
NGO
finalist
#FightAffluenza
The so-called "affluenza" case of a Texas teenager who caused a fatal car crash, killing four peopl…
NGO
finalist
#ImpactOfADonation Contest
With more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States alone, it can be difficult for individua…
NGO
finalist
#WearOrange
In January 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student from the south side of Chicago, marched in…
NGO
finalist
The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …

Nominees

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“Valen’s Reef,” Conservation Comes to Life in Virtual Reality
The world's oceans are under severe threat, but we know one method -- community-based conservation …
NGO
#Write_On Campaign
Despite its many benefits, technology often leads to social isolation. It is harder than ever for p…
NGO
Accion
NGO
MusEffect
MusEffect is a non-profit organization committed to fostering a dialogue on social issues through p…
NGO
Prison Scholar Fund
After 15 years in prison, I found myself at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Executive Pro…
NGO
Texting vs Drinking
In spite of countless PSAs and scare-tactic ads, texting & driving activity continues to increase. …
NGO
The Flint, Michigan Water Crisis: Good360 Delivers the Goods for the Long-Term
We live in a country where we can take the availability of clean water for granted. That has not be…
NGO
The Ugly Truth
“The Ugly Truth” public awareness advertising campaign aims to shine a light on the realities of se…
NGO
World Vision USA: Follow the Goats!
As the largest Christian Humanitarian organization in the world, World Vision U.S. (WVUS) is dedica…