THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

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.

Nominees

“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 …
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…
finalist
#FightAffluenza
The so-called "affluenza" case of a Texas teenager who caused a fatal car crash, killing four peopl…
finalist
#ImpactOfADonation Contest
With more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States alone, it can be difficult for individua…
finalist
#WearOrange
In January 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student from the south side of Chicago, marched in…
#Write_On Campaign
Despite its many benefits, technology often leads to social isolation. It is harder than ever for p…
winner
#sharethemeal with a kid in need
There are some 795 million people in the world suffering from hunger and malnutrition, with poor nu…
Accion
MusEffect
MusEffect is a non-profit organization committed to fostering a dialogue on social issues through p…
Prison Scholar Fund
After 15 years in prison, I found myself at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Executive Pro…
Texting vs Drinking
In spite of countless PSAs and scare-tactic ads, texting & driving activity continues to increase. …
finalist
The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …
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…
The Ugly Truth
“The Ugly Truth” public awareness advertising campaign aims to shine a light on the realities of se…
World Vision USA: Follow the Goats!
As the largest Christian Humanitarian organization in the world, World Vision U.S. (WVUS) is dedica…