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 4th 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
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…

Finalists

Civic Engagement
finalist
gold honor
Stop Traffick
Approximately 3,600 adolescent girls are sold for sex each year in Georgia.* This staggering statis…
Civic Engagement
finalist
#WhyDoYouVote Voter Turnout Campaign
In 2018, more new voters than ever were eligible to vote in the November midterm elections. First t…
Civic Engagement
finalist
MTV's +1 the Vote
In 2018, young people were leading the charge for social change – from speaking up against injustic…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Out for Blood
State of Origin was once Australia’s fiercest sporting rivalry—an interstate rugby league grudge ma…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Rising to the Occasion: How HRC Mobilized Equality Voters in 2018's Victorious Midterms
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest organization fighting for lesbian, gay, bisexual, t…

Nominees

Civic Engagement
#ShouldWeVote
Comedy Central used the power of its brand to get out the vote for the 2018 midterm elections with …
Civic Engagement
#UntoldPride – Instagram World Pride Activation
With NYC welcoming over 3 million global visitors to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewal…
Civic Engagement
finalist
#WhyDoYouVote Voter Turnout Campaign
In 2018, more new voters than ever were eligible to vote in the November midterm elections. First t…
Civic Engagement
Creation is Prayer, Projection of Hopes & Optimism to Win Presidential Election
Indonesian Presidential Election 2019 is a rematch between incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his l…
Civic Engagement
Dodge the Bullet
The Coalition for Gun Control was founded in the wake of the Montreal Massacre in 1989. It was form…
Civic Engagement
Flavors Hook Kids
We created an educational resource for parents: FlavorsHookKids.org for the California Tobacco Cont…
Civic Engagement
Free the Vote: Florida Voting Rights
The goal of the Free The Vote campaign was to build awareness around criminal justice issues that w…
Civic Engagement
winner
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
Civic Engagement
Legalizing Marijuana is More than Just Good Economic Sense
Inequality Media’s vision is a United States where active participation by informed citizens restor…
Civic Engagement
finalist
MTV's +1 the Vote
In 2018, young people were leading the charge for social change – from speaking up against injustic…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Out for Blood
State of Origin was once Australia’s fiercest sporting rivalry—an interstate rugby league grudge ma…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Rising to the Occasion: How HRC Mobilized Equality Voters in 2018's Victorious Midterms
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest organization fighting for lesbian, gay, bisexual, t…
Civic Engagement
finalist
gold honor
Stop Traffick
Approximately 3,600 adolescent girls are sold for sex each year in Georgia.* This staggering statis…
Civic Engagement
Vota Conmigo
Although approximately 57.9 percent of U.S. citizen adult Latinos were registered to vote at the ti…
Civic Engagement
“Pledge to Vote” by #thankunextgen, HeadCount and Phone2Action
Headcount looked to increase turnout in elections by younger voters and mobilize younger voters who…