11th Annual Shorty Awards Categories


See below for official categories. The early entry deadline is November 29th, 2018.

The Shorty Awards honor the talented agencies, brands, and industry leaders behind the best and most innovative work on social media channels, campaigns, websites and applications.

By Campaign
By Design
By Industry
By Overall Presence
Campaign by Platform
Content and Media
Influencer & Celebrity Brand Partnership
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Strategy & Engagement
Video by Platform
Video Content

From the 3rd 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
Inequality Media: Spreading Truth & Empowering Action
Inequality Media's vision is a United States where active participation by informed citizens restores the balance of power in our democracy and creates an economy where gains are widely shared. Founded in 2014 by Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Jacob Kornbluth in the wake of their collaboration on the ...

Finalists

Civic Engagement
finalist
gold
@DailyGunDeaths
On October 1, 2017 Stephen Paddock shot over 500 people in Las Vegas, killing 58. Unfortunately, one of the injured is a close friend of someone on our team, and that made us very angry and very focused on the issue of gun violence. We're tired of seeing the cycle where a shooting would happen, people would talk about it for a few weeks, but not...
Civic Engagement
finalist
silver
Comics Uniting Nations
To make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations accessible to the youth citizens of the world through comics.
Civic Engagement
finalist
silver
theSkimm: No Excuses. Vote
theSkimm is a membership company that makes it easier to live smarter. We want to help female millennials make more informed, confident decisions in their lives, and voting is one of those decisions. In 2016, theSkimm launched its nonpartisan "No Excuses" platform to inform and mobilize its highly engaged audience on the issues and candidates ru...
Civic Engagement
finalist
"Just Like Scott Pruitt" Real Estate Ad
Scott Pruitt, Trump's former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was corrupt beyond belief, using his position for personal benefit and grossly abusing taxpayer money to fund a comically lavish lifestyle. He also opened the EPA's doors to corporate polluters, giving handouts to the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the env...
Civic Engagement
finalist
Serving Up Some Good: Citi Global Community Day & Tastemade
Citi's annual day of service, Global Community Day (GCD), routinely mobilizes over 100,000 Citi volunteers around the world to engage in service activities that benefit local communities and help create thriving neighborhoods. To broaden awareness of the work of our community partners and Citi colleagues around the globe, this year we teamed ...

Nominees

Civic Engagement
#GreenNFit Neighborhood Rebuild
The main goal/objective was and is to offer a fresh, modern approach that engages the greater community to support and participate in the #GreenNFit Neighborhood Rebuilds in Springfield, MA this past Spring and upcoming in Holyoke, MA in the Fall. Revitalize CDC's target was to reach out to the community in Springfield, statewide and throughout New Engla...
Civic Engagement
Todo por Los Dreamers (Save the Dreamers)
The repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in September of 2017 created an emergency for Dreamers across the U.S. and put pressure on Congress to pass legislation to protect dreamers by March 5th, 2018.Working towards the March deadline when the program would expire and leave 800,000 undocumented children vulnerable to deportation, Un...
Civic Engagement
Your Voice Lives On
There were approximately 1,081 fatalities caused by public shootings in the United States last year alone. Creating a public health crisis from coast to coast. With arguments raging on how to manage this growing epidemic, we felt compelled to give people a platform to voice their concerns. Dead or alive.

About the Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media.

Millions of people participate in The Shortys to recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, and the rest of the social web.

The Early Entry Deadline is November 29, 2018