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 2nd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Civic Engagement

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that encourages the public to engage in any aspect of the political process.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Civic Engagement
winner
Teddy Gun
Teddy bear manufacturers are required to follow incredibly strict safety regulations—unless, of cou…

Finalists

Civic Engagement
finalist
GoVoteBot
We made GoVoteBot because we recognized two main truths about the voting process. First, 43% of eli…
Civic Engagement
finalist
I Stand with Planned Parenthood (#IStandWithPP)
For over a century, Planned Parenthood has grown into the nation's leading women's health care prov…
Civic Engagement
finalist
The Friendship breakfast
Communication Goal We challenged Tine-milk and their longtime collaborator The Red Cross to change…
Civic Engagement
finalist
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
At the height of his presidency, President John F. Kennedy took to the TV airwaves and inspired mil…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Univision Contigo’s Civic Participation Initiative
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has a strong legacy of promoting civic participation in an effo…

Nominees

Civic Engagement
#OurCare
The objective of the #OurCare campaign is to remove barriers between the American people and their …
Civic Engagement
2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge
From economic inequality to environmental degradation, practically every global civic challenge exi…
Civic Engagement
AARP - Protecting the Future of Healthcare
The healthcare debate was so heated in the month leading up to the 2016 election that a single twee…
Civic Engagement
BET Vote Your Voice
In an election year where voter participation among their audience was predicted to be down, and wi…
Civic Engagement
Don't Like. Do.
Our objective was to increase social engagement and, more importantly, encourage viewers to join th…
Civic Engagement
Elect This
"Elect This" aimed to mobilize young Americans to vote in the 2016 presidential election, building…
Civic Engagement
Fusion Covers the Fight at Standing Rock
Civic Engagement
finalist
GoVoteBot
We made GoVoteBot because we recognized two main truths about the voting process. First, 43% of eli…
Civic Engagement
Great Immigrants
America is a nation of immigrants. Across history, immigrants have shaped our culture, led progress…
Civic Engagement
How the LGBTQ Community Defeated Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Army Secretary Nominee
In the face of injustice, the LGBTQ community understands the power of our voices to affect change!…
Civic Engagement
finalist
I Stand with Planned Parenthood (#IStandWithPP)
For over a century, Planned Parenthood has grown into the nation's leading women's health care prov…
Civic Engagement
People's Oath
For nearly 100 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has been the nation's champion for freedom…
Civic Engagement
winner
Teddy Gun
Teddy bear manufacturers are required to follow incredibly strict safety regulations—unless, of cou…
Civic Engagement
finalist
The Friendship breakfast
Communication Goal We challenged Tine-milk and their longtime collaborator The Red Cross to change…
Civic Engagement
finalist
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
At the height of his presidency, President John F. Kennedy took to the TV airwaves and inspired mil…
Civic Engagement
The National Memorial Day Concert
The National Memorial Day Concert is the annual dedication to the fallen men and women of the milit…
Civic Engagement
The Soothing Sounds of Activism: Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is the freedom to say, watch and make what we want online without interference from …
Civic Engagement
finalist
Univision Contigo’s Civic Participation Initiative
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has a strong legacy of promoting civic participation in an effo…
Civic Engagement
VOTE.org + Hustle: Voter Registration GOTV peer-to-peer texting
Voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election hit a 20-year low. The United States is the second …