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 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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winner
Uber Moms
In Canada, over a third of road fatalities involve alcohol, more than in any other developed nation…

Finalists

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gold honor
Seize the Awkward
Suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst young adults and for every youth suicide, it i…
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finalist
"Rad Dads"
In partnership between The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children…
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finalist
Save The Food - Phase Two
The problem of food waste is as easy to solve, as it is to overlook. While food plays a key role in…
PSA
finalist
Saved By The Scan
To build public awareness of lung cancer – the number 1 cancer killer of men & women – we launched …
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finalist
The Bail Project
Our goal was to illustrate the human cost of unaffordable cash bail. We have an unjust bail system …

Nominees

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2018 AMC Networks Black History Month PSA Campaign
For the fifth anniversary of its powerhouse and award-winning Black History Month PSA campaign, AMC…
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Ad Council's Buzzed Driving Prevention: Know Your Warning Signs
Our objective was to create a new public service communications campaign that aims to prevent Mille…
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Jack's PSA: Save One Life
The objective of this PSA is simple: save one life. 15-year-old Jack Chai had a bone marrow transpl…
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Keep America Beautiful Rebrand: "Let's Talk About America"
Since 1953, Keep America Beautiful (KAB) has pledged to make the country a cleaner, greener, more b…
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Music is For life
Espouse the power of music making throughout the lifetime; to encourage more people to start and fe…
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Pure Imagination Project
An unfortunate truth is that many believe Alzheimer's is just memory loss when, in fact, it's a fa…
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Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault Reveal an Important Truth
In the fall of 2017, the #MeToo campaign took social media by storm, empowering survivors of sexual…
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THC / TSA / PSA
Organa Brands set out to create an innovative PSA with a "viral quality" that would educate Califor…
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Teachers Have Better Work Stories
The United States is facing a teacher recruitment crisis, and it is expected to get worse as future…
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TeenDrive365 In School
When a teenager hits the road for the first time, he or she enters what the National Safety Council…
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Whatever It Takes
MS Awareness week, March 11 -17, 2018, is the kick-off of the National MS Society's year-round effo…
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“CMT Artists of the Year” Night of Healing
Each year, CMT hosts its annual "Artists of the Year" event to honor the top country acts of the ye…
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“Over The Dose” - Combating Recreational Opioids
In 2016, over 40,000 Americans died from overdosing on opioids. Over 40% of those overdose deaths i…