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 Virtual Reality

This award honors the most creative and effective use of virtual reality in a social good campaign, initiative or project.

Winner

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

Finalists

Virtual Reality
finalist
gold honor
Diageo’s “Decisions: Party’s Over” Virtual Reality Experience
To reinforce Diageo's industry-leading position and commitment alcohol in society – both through so…
Virtual Reality
finalist
silver honor
Authentically Us: Voices From the Transgender Community
Authentically Us: Voices From The Transgender Community is an award-winning virtual reality series …
Virtual Reality
finalist
bronze honor
"My Africa"
Through virtual reality, Conservation International is able to bring people face-to-face with the c…

Nominees

Virtual Reality
finalist
bronze honor
"My Africa"
Through virtual reality, Conservation International is able to bring people face-to-face with the c…
Virtual Reality
finalist
silver honor
Authentically Us: Voices From the Transgender Community
Authentically Us: Voices From The Transgender Community is an award-winning virtual reality series …
Virtual Reality
finalist
gold honor
Diageo’s “Decisions: Party’s Over” Virtual Reality Experience
To reinforce Diageo's industry-leading position and commitment alcohol in society – both through so…
Virtual Reality
winner
The Astronaut Reality Helmet
This past spring National Geographic premiered One Strange Rock, an event series from Darren Aronof…