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 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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winner
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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finalist
#FlipOffFur
How do you make dissing fur cool? breensmith wanted to bridge the gap between the fur-wearers, the …
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finalist
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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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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finalist
Street Fare
Connecting People Walking on the Street With Those Living on It: Our overall goal was to jolt peopl…
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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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finalist
Texting vs Drinking
In spite of countless PSAs and scare-tactic ads, texting & driving activity continues to increase. …
Pro Bono
winner
The #62MillionGirls Yearbook
In March 2015, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative …
Pro Bono
finalist
The Caring Economy
While the Salvation Army is most commonly known for its iconic red kettles on street sides during t…
Pro Bono
finalist
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 …
Pro Bono
The Ugly Truth
“The Ugly Truth” public awareness advertising campaign aims to shine a light on the realities of se…
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finalist
This is a story about failure.
Harlem RBI and DREAM Charter School provide school day, after school and summer programs that work …
Pro Bono
finalist
UnTasty Dishes
Dirty water is deadly. It infiltrates the lives of over 663 million people every single day and kil…
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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…