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 Public Service Announcement

This award honors the most creative and effective public service announcement run across any platform.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

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The Standing O
The 2016 Presidential election was an uncomfortable and divisive period in American politics. It di…

Finalists

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#JegErDansk (#IAmDanish)
February 9th 2017; the (far right majority) Danish parliament released an eye opening official stat…
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BET Vote Your Voice
In an election year where voter participation among their audience was predicted to be down, and wi…
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GIVE THE TALK
In the digital age, the average age of exposure to porn is 11-years-old. Additionally, 87% of hardc…
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Money Doesn't Make it OK
The goal was to grab attention by attacking the claim that hunters actually help preservation by pa…
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On Valentine's Day, Say #IDONT to Child Marriage
Child marriage is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widesprea…

Nominees

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"What She Said" #WomensEqualityDay
Our goal with this video was to create a rousing chorus comprised of voices of female leadership fr…
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finalist
#JegErDansk (#IAmDanish)
February 9th 2017; the (far right majority) Danish parliament released an eye opening official stat…
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#PasstheERA by enso
Enso and the ERA Coalition set a goal to raise awareness that women still are not guaranteed equal …
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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…
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BET Vote Your Voice
In an election year where voter participation among their audience was predicted to be down, and wi…
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Brutal Cut
Three million girls in Africa aged 4-12 are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) each year.Th…
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Find A Hero. Be A Hero. Stop Bullying Now.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Manpower and Reserve Affairs oversees personnel- and h…
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GIVE THE TALK
In the digital age, the average age of exposure to porn is 11-years-old. Additionally, 87% of hardc…
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Get Schooled with DJ Khaled
In 2016, we continued Viacom's ongoing partnership with Get Schooled, an organization that inspires…
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Listen
Social impact is in Viacom's DNA. We spearhead conversations around issues that matter most to our…
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finalist
Money Doesn't Make it OK
The goal was to grab attention by attacking the claim that hunters actually help preservation by pa…
PSA
finalist
On Valentine's Day, Say #IDONT to Child Marriage
Child marriage is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widesprea…
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Take Down Gun Violence
Take Down Gun Violence:On average, there is more than one mass shooting a day in the United States.…
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winner
The Standing O
The 2016 Presidential election was an uncomfortable and divisive period in American politics. It di…
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WE tv 2017 Black History Month PSA Campaign
In 2017, AMC Networks' WE tv, for the fourth consecutive year, created an impactful series of PSAs …
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We Are America
Love Has No Labels was created with the mission to combat bias with love. Our campaigns aredesigned…