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 3rd 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.

Winner

Education
winner
The Astronaut Reality Helmet
This past spring National Geographic premiered One Strange Rock, an event series from Darren Aronof…

Finalists

Education
finalist
1968.DIGITAL / Future History 1968
First documentary series in a mobile format "1968.Digital" (or Future History 1968 as seen on BuzzF…
Education
finalist
Camino al Exito (Path to Success)
There are a myriad of reasons why Hispanic students face multiple barriers to improving academic ac…
Education
finalist
Getty Unshuttered
Getty Unshuttered is an innovative multi-platform teen arts program offered by the J. Paul Getty Mu…
Education
finalist
LIFEWTR - #BringArtBackToSchools
Right now in America, over 80% of schools face defunding, with art often the first subject to go. I…
Education
finalist
Two Bit Circus Foundation Reignites the Classroom with #STEAMCarnivals
STEAM Carnivals are built to cultivate the next generation of inventors, advance environmental stew…

Nominees

Education
"Not on My Watch"
As part of their 1 Million Project, a campaign designed to help close America's homework gap by pro…
Education
#IGNITEMYFUTURE
In developing Ignite My Future in School, DE and TCS chose to develop teacher resources based on co…
Education
#PowerlessQueen
Chess was invented in India in the 6th Century with Queen being the most powerful piece on the boar…
Education
C0D3RS
As women in the computer science field still face scrutiny and are discouraged by things like the c…
Education
Curiosity Cube™ Sparks Scientific Curiosity
The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) sector is growing faster than any other in the…
Education
EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live
Over the past century, we've seen our country undergo the most radical technological advancements, …
Education
Google Made with Code
Girls start out with a love of science and technology, but lose it somewhere along the way. Researc…
Education
Life's Good: Experience Happiness
More than half of American teens are stressed and many don't know how to handle it. When school is …
Education
Providing Local Nonprofits Access To Critical Knowledge At Scale With Philanthropy University
Philanthropy University is a nonprofit that believes in transforming global development from the gr…
Education
Reading is Healing (For children in hospitals)
A hospital stay can be sad and scary, especially for a child. To help sick kids and in honor of Dr.…
Education
Siemens Business to Society
As part of the new UN Sustainable Development Agenda, the long-term priorities are clear: End pover…
Education
Situation Project
It all began in 2011. Despite being located in one of the poorest congressional districts in the co…
Education
Social Media at Cambridge University
Cambridge University is over 800 years old but we wanted to show the world that we weren't stu…
Education
Teachers Have Better Work Stories
The United States is facing a teacher recruitment crisis, and it is expected to get worse as future…
Education
We are the Dream
About 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school each year and only 5-10% of these undo…
Education
Your Tomorrow, Today
At Oracle, we are uniquely positioned to open pathways to innovation. With R&D centers around the w…
Education
the Learning Generation
The Education Commission is a global initiative engaging world leaders, policymakers, researchers, …