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 2nd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Education

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that addresses education inside and outside of the classroom. Educational institutions, programs and services are eligible for this award. Objectives may include educational equity, engaging current students and parents and thought leadership.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

Education
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gold honor
Face the Future
You're in a world where you can feel what other people feel. Now what?"Why think about the far-off …
Education
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gold honor
The Abortion Pill & In-Clinic Abortion
These two animations give people medically-accurate information on the two kinds of abortion proced…
Education
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#weneedmore
In order to compete for the jobs of the future, it's essential for every kid to have access to t…
Education
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AMAZE
At AMAZE, our goal is to make sex ed approachable, engaging, and informative for very young adolesc…
Education
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Google Change Is Made with Code
Code is one of the most powerful tools ever invented. And it has huge potential for shaping a bette…

Nominees

Education
#RamapoGives - Giving Back to Ramapo College
Promote philanthropy and generosity through #RamapoGives to tie-in with the global campaign of #Giv…
Education
Dare to DREAM?
We are DREAM. Every day, we work with youth to provide them with opportunities to recognize their p…
Education
Designing heART healthy
The Heart of Neiman Marcus foundation (HONM) was launched in 2013 with a goal to promote and supp…
Education
Discover Kindness in the Classroom
Social emotional learning (SEL) is not only a pedagogic buzz word of the moment, it is the key to f…
Education
Emergency Lessons
War, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have disrupted the lives – and educations – of over 75…
Education
Gaming for Civic Good: Helping Teachers Bring the Election and the Presidency to Life
Our social strategy was launched to support teachers during this challenging and divisive election …
Education
Hidden Figures National Screening Contest
21st Century Fox, in partnership with AMC Theatres, launched an open screening contest to bring the…
Education
KidsRead2Kids: Spreading Joy One Book at a Time
Success has never come easy to me. I started speaking when I was two and I learned to read in fo…
Education
Match Minis
Match Minis are professional development videos made for educators who must keep pace with the swif…
Education
National Geographic + Microsoft: #MakeWhatsNext
National Geographic partnered with Microsoft to activate their "Make What's Next" initiative, which…
Education
Project Literacy presents The Mighty Pencil Machine
Project Literacy is a movement of 100+ diverse partners (corporations, charities, social enterprise…
Education
Project Literacy – First Words
Illiteracy is a major issue in the developed world with 32 million illiterate adults in the US alon…
Education
PwC and Rapper Dee-1 Team Up to Teach Financial Literacy
PwC's PR and Social Media Team wanted to create a game-changing campaign based on what could be per…
Education
SONIC Drive-In: Limeades for Learning #ThanksTeach benefiting Donorschoose.org
Each year, teachers spend more than $1 billion of their own money on school supplies. From books to…
Education
Sesame Street/IRC partnership
Our goal is to help children and families affected by the global refugee crisis. Of the 65 million …
Education
TEAK Stories
The objective for the TEAK Stories campaign was to bring to light our TEAK students' incredible jou…
Education
Take Down Gun Violence
Take Down Gun Violence:On average, there is more than one mass shooting a day in the United States.…
Education
TaskUs Presents #BetterBasao Social Good Campaign
BackgroundLocals and foreigners are known to take pilgrimage to Kalinga Mountains. They take a 10-h…
Education
Tomorrow Trust
In 2005, Kim Normand Dobrin, founded Tomorrow Trust. Tomorrow Trust uses a unique approach to brea…
Education
“Be a STAR” Anti-Bullying Program (WWE)
According to National Center for Education statistics, bullying is a global epidemic with nearly 1 …