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 Social Justice

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that seeks to address and dismantle systemic structural and interpersonal inequities based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability status and any intersection(s) thereof.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winners

Social Justice
winner
Mobile Stü: Black With Blue
In a year marked by racially charged violence and a divisive Presidential campaign, we determined t…
Social Justice
winner
Fearless Girl
On the eve of International Women's Day, we challenged the symbol of corporate America—Wall Street'…

Finalists

Social Justice
finalist
gold honor
Upworthy + Comfort Cases
Upworthy's audience consistently engages with feel-good parenting stories, especially when they exp…
Social Justice
finalist
silver honor
#JegErDansk (#IAmDanish)
February 9th 2017; the (far right majority) Danish parliament released an eye opening official stat…
Social Justice
finalist
silver honor
School for Justice
India has the most underage girls in prostitution in the world with an estimated 1.2 million childr…
Social Justice
finalist
#MoreThanARefugee
65 million people have been displaced from their homes but the predominant media narrative presents…

Nominees

Social Justice
Campaign to End Social Media Surveillance of Activists
As the country is faced with how to address, recover from and prevent terrorist attacks, surveillan…
Social Justice
"My Motto: Veterans Edition"
"My Motto: Veterans Edition" was created in partnership with the national veteran campaign Got Your…
Social Justice
#Revolution
Black Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook users call out cultural appropriation, celebrate moments of …
Social Justice
#SpreadRespect: Inclusion of LGBT Student-Athletes in College Sports
The overall objective of the America East Conferences' #SpreadRespect campaign is to create an incl…
Social Justice
#WeAccept
In November 2016, Airbnb publicly acknowledged widespread discrimination on its platform, and deman…
Social Justice
60 Second Docs: Time - The Kalief Browder Story
With "Time: The Kalief Browder Story" set to premiere on Spike, we knew we wanted the historic stor…
Social Justice
A Compassionate Welcome
There are more people displaced by conflict in this world than at any time since the Second World W…
Social Justice
America's Guilty Plea Problem
America's Guilty Plea Problem is one of the first, if not the the only, large-scale digital campaig…
Social Justice
Ask For A Raise
Women do just as much in the workplace, but still make less than men on average. Overall, women mak…
Social Justice
Beyond the Wall
Throughout the last Presidential election season, walls were recurring points of conversation, whet…
Social Justice
Brutal Cut
Three million girls in Africa aged 4-12 are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) each year.Th…
Social Justice
BuzzFeed Queer Prom
Today, for queer-identifying high school seniors, prom can represent an incredibly repressive hurdl…
Social Justice
Celebrate your flavors
To celebrate Pride month and support the LGBTQ community.
Social Justice
Color Complex
Color Complex is a digital series that explores how people of color around the world struggle for v…
Social Justice
GoldieBlox #BeLikeHer Campaign
Gender stereotypes can shape children's interests and career ambitions at a young age. A recent stu…
Social Justice
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…
Social Justice
MTV Decoded
America has reached a boiling point, so of course we're going to have a digital explainer series th…
Social Justice
Make Your Move
In conservative African and Southeast Asian countries where kisses are censored on TV, it's incredi…
Social Justice
More Color More Pride
We're all familiar with the iconic rainbow flag. It symbolizes community and a sense of belongin…
Social Justice
Nando's PERi-PERi: Everyone Is Welcome
Donald Trump's presidential election made many in Washington, D.C. feel their values were under att…
Social Justice
Nina Ansary
Inspired by her home country and scholarly journey, Nina Ansary set out to shatter the stereotypica…
Social Justice
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform
Oklahoma has the second highest incarceration rate in the country, and the highest rate for women. …
Social Justice
Peace & _______
Peace & _____ is a 3-part docu digital series that celebrates refugees as they connect with their n…
Social Justice
SMIRNOFF No. 21 "Love Wins" Campaign
SMIRNOFF has supported the LGBTQ community for several decades. In 2017, we were tasked to continue…
Social Justice
Teen Vogue's "Ask A Girl" Series
As part of Teen Vogue's innovative new brand direction that aims to amplify unheard voices, our "As…
Social Justice
The Love Cam
Most Americans agree that people should be treated respectfully and fairly. Yet many people in the …
Social Justice
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous // Transgender Visibility Day Campaign
In support of the YouTube Red original film, This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, YouTube and ATTN: b…
Social Justice
Tobacco as a Social Injustice: How truth Empowered Teens to Speak Out Against Industry Profiling
Engaging teens in a conversation about tobacco isn't easy. Somewhere between scare tactics and publ…
Social Justice
Twitter, #SheInspiresMe
Inclusion and diversity are fundamental tenets of how Twitter acts as a company. One important comp…
Social Justice
Tyler Oakley Presents Chosen Family: Stories of Queer Resilience
Tyler's goal with the Chosen Family series was to educate and bring light to the current conversati…
Social Justice
Unequal
America was founded to be the land of liberty and opportunity. But due to a deep history of racism …
Social Justice
Upworthy + Verizon - StreetChange
Verizon approached Upworthy to help create and launch a branded-content video to show how mobile te…
Social Justice
We Are America
Love Has No Labels was created with the mission to combat bias with love. Our campaigns aredesigned…
Social Justice
Wired Women
Even in 2017, science, technology, engineering and math continue to be dominated by men. While reco…
Social Justice
“What if” we looked at social justice differently?
ATTN: is an issues-driven media company. Every day ATTN: produces videos, articles, and commentary …