THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive NEW! Business to Business NEW! Education NEW! Entertainment Fashion and Beauty NEW! Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness NEW! News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 2nd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Environment & Sustainability

This award honors a program, project, or initiative executed to promote, protect, and preserve our environment.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winners

Environment & Sustainability
winner
Cigarettes: The Ultimate Clingy Ex
Although the teen smoking rate is down to 6%, millions of teens still smoke and others start this d…
Environment & Sustainability
winner
National Geographic CHASING GENIUS
National Geographic created CHASING GENIUS based on the belief that transformational ideas can come…

Finalists

Environment & Sustainability
finalist
gold honor
"Under the Canopy", Conservation International VR
The world's greatest rainforest is also one of its most vital life-support systems — and it is unde…
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
gold honor
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC + STELLA ARTOIS + MEDIACOM: WORLD WATER MONTH
Stella Artois and National Geographic collaborated to extend the impact of their "Buy A Lady A Drin…
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
Dive Deeper 2
DIVE DEEPER 2 is a series of 5 interactive experiences that allows the audience to delve further in…
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
Human/Nature
The goal of the Human/Nature series is to explore how so many of the traits that we describe as bei…

Nominees

Environment & Sustainability
finalist
gold honor
"Under the Canopy", Conservation International VR
The world's greatest rainforest is also one of its most vital life-support systems — and it is unde…
Environment & Sustainability
America Recycles Day
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is a leading national nonprofit whose mission is to inspire and edu…
Environment & Sustainability
An Inconvenient Special
All over this country people are speaking out on climate change. The issue may very well become thi…
Environment & Sustainability
Before the Flood
In October 2016, National Geographic premiered Before the Flood, a feature-length documentary from …
Environment & Sustainability
winner
Cigarettes: The Ultimate Clingy Ex
Although the teen smoking rate is down to 6%, millions of teens still smoke and others start this d…
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
Dive Deeper 2
DIVE DEEPER 2 is a series of 5 interactive experiences that allows the audience to delve further in…
Environment & Sustainability
Fostering Next Generation's Water Stewards: Poland Spring® and Gulf of Maine Research Institute
From its beaches to its bays, marshes and scenic byways, Maine is proud of its abundant natural …
Environment & Sustainability
Garanti Pension - WWF Earth Hour Awareness Project on Social Media
There are quite a few endangered species in Mediterranean Regions. Even though these species are u…
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
Human/Nature
The goal of the Human/Nature series is to explore how so many of the traits that we describe as bei…
Environment & Sustainability
Hyundai’s Young Entrepreneurs Series with BuzzFeed, How One Rooftop Farm Could Make Your City Better
At Hyundai, making things better is at the heart of everything they do. It's why they question the …
Environment & Sustainability
finalist
gold honor
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC + STELLA ARTOIS + MEDIACOM: WORLD WATER MONTH
Stella Artois and National Geographic collaborated to extend the impact of their "Buy A Lady A Drin…
Environment & Sustainability
NBCUniversal Green is Universal Share-A-Tree Campaign
NBCUniversal annually partners with the Arbor Day foundation to make a positive impact on the envir…
Environment & Sustainability
winner
National Geographic CHASING GENIUS
National Geographic created CHASING GENIUS based on the belief that transformational ideas can come…
Environment & Sustainability
Tata Power's 'Club Enerji' - A National Conservation Movement
Club Enerji was established as an Energy & Resource Conservation Club to bring about a first-hand r…
Environment & Sustainability
The Economist World Ocean Summit
Championing social progress has been the genetic code in The Economist's DNA since it was founded i…
Environment & Sustainability
The Fixers
The world feels pretty broken right now. Climate change wreaks havoc on our health and safety. Batt…
Environment & Sustainability
The Ocean is Everybody's Business
For the first time in history, the United Nations held a conference in New York entirely dedicated …
Environment & Sustainability
The Seekers
The Seekers is a 3-part digital series that profiles teenage eco-inventors in Latin America who des…
Environment & Sustainability
Wasted
Every year, the world produces about 1.4 billion tons of garbage, more than the weight of 3,800 Emp…