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 Pro Bono Campaign

This award honors the most creative and effective social good campaign with services offered to a brand, organization, or nonprofit for free.

Winner

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The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …

Finalists

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#FlipOffFur
How do you make dissing fur cool? breensmith wanted to bridge the gap between the fur-wearers, the …
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Fueling Donations for National Give OUT Day!
National Give OUT Day (NGOD) is the only national day of giving for the LGBTQ community, but it's a…
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Street Fare
Connecting People Walking on the Street With Those Living on It: Our overall goal was to jolt peopl…
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Texting vs Drinking
In spite of countless PSAs and scare-tactic ads, texting & driving activity continues to increase. …
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The Caring Economy
While the Salvation Army is most commonly known for its iconic red kettles on street sides during t…
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The Erase Hunger Project
In a city of more than 1.4 people facing little or no food each day, hunger pops everywhere in New …
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This is a story about failure.
Harlem RBI and DREAM Charter School provide school day, after school and summer programs that work …
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UnTasty Dishes
Dirty water is deadly. It infiltrates the lives of over 663 million people every single day and kil…

Nominees

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NO MORE PSA Campaign: Ending the Silence Around Male Sexual Abuse
Joyful Heart's ground-breaking, celebrity-driven NO MORE PSA campaign calls on society to end the s…
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Making a Difference with Fellow Startups
Startups Give Back has one simple mission: to make philanthropy a top priority for startups around …
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Skechers Pier 2 Pier Friendship Walk
The annual SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk is an awe-inspiring event that brings together all…
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Social Hack Day with Age UK - using social tech to help everyone make the most of later life
Early in 2016, Netcel, an award-winning independent digital consultancy, approached Age UK, the UK'…
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Taking On The Arizona Teaching Crisis
Tucson, Arizona, continues to rank last out of 12 western metropolitan statistical areas for the me…
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The Ugly Truth
“The Ugly Truth” public awareness advertising campaign aims to shine a light on the realities of se…
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eGirl Power Awareness Video
Illustrate how hard it is to find a career you love to teenage girls and explain why it's important…