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 3rd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Government and Politics

This award recognizes efforts by a political party, politician, government advocacy group or city, state or country government to make the world a better place.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Government & Politics
winner
On the Road, Off the Phone
Distracted driving might be the most dangerous thing the average person does every day. Unlike the …

Finalists

Government & Politics
finalist
"Just Like Scott Pruitt" Real Estate Ad
Scott Pruitt, Trump's former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was corrupt beyo…
Government & Politics
finalist
Bad Hombre
I was a 15-year-old girl when Trump was elected in America. Immediately, he began the sickening dem…
Government & Politics
finalist
HRC MOBILIZES #NOMOORE CAMPAIGN IN THE ALABAMA SENATE RACE IN MAJOR WIN FOR EQUALITY
In 2017, HRC was ready to harness the political power of the LGBTQ movement and the strength of the…
Government & Politics
finalist
NYC Says #MeToo and Combats Sexual Harassment
Responding to recent global awareness surrounding the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in the wor…
Government & Politics
finalist
One Boston Day
To mark the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, the City of Boston, Hill Holliday and…

Nominees

Government & Politics
finalist
"Just Like Scott Pruitt" Real Estate Ad
Scott Pruitt, Trump's former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was corrupt beyo…
Government & Politics
finalist
Bad Hombre
I was a 15-year-old girl when Trump was elected in America. Immediately, he began the sickening dem…
Government & Politics
Change Starts Here Ohio
The Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board, a 12-person panel of law enforcement exp…
Government & Politics
finalist
HRC MOBILIZES #NOMOORE CAMPAIGN IN THE ALABAMA SENATE RACE IN MAJOR WIN FOR EQUALITY
In 2017, HRC was ready to harness the political power of the LGBTQ movement and the strength of the…
Government & Politics
finalist
NYC Says #MeToo and Combats Sexual Harassment
Responding to recent global awareness surrounding the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in the wor…
Government & Politics
winner
On the Road, Off the Phone
Distracted driving might be the most dangerous thing the average person does every day. Unlike the …
Government & Politics
finalist
One Boston Day
To mark the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, the City of Boston, Hill Holliday and…
Government & Politics
ReachNJ
There were three main goals of ReachNJ. First, the campaign aimed to increase contacts to the Reach…
Government & Politics
Your Voice Lives On
There were approximately 1,081 fatalities caused by public shootings in the United States last year…