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 Public Service Announcement

This award honors the most creative and effective public service announcement run across any platform.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winners

PSA
winner
A Teddy Bear Tackles the Trauma of Animal Experimentation
The general public needs to know that every year, more than 100 million mice, rats, monkeys, cats, …
PSA
winner
Love Calls Back
Coming out to family and friends is one of the most nerve-wracking moments in the lives of LGBTQ+ p…

Finalists

PSA
finalist
gold honor
Roo High School, where no [sex ed] question is off-limits
In the US only 24 states mandate sex education. And only 13 of those states require it to be “medic…
PSA
finalist
silver honor
Bring Good Home
Goodwill was getting a bad rap. Public opinion was full of misperceptions, including that the store…
PSA
finalist
silver honor
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
PSA
finalist
bronze honor
Unbreaking America
Since 2012, RepresentUs—the nation’s largest right-left anti-corruption organization—has been worki…

Nominees

PSA
winner
A Teddy Bear Tackles the Trauma of Animal Experimentation
The general public needs to know that every year, more than 100 million mice, rats, monkeys, cats, …
PSA
AMC Networks Black History Month PSA Campaign
Each year, AMC Networks aims to elevate awareness around Black History Month and share poignant and…
PSA
finalist
silver honor
Bring Good Home
Goodwill was getting a bad rap. Public opinion was full of misperceptions, including that the store…
PSA
finalist
silver honor
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
PSA
Have #TheTextTalk
The campaign was inspired by today's growing need to address the dangers of driving distracted. Rec…
PSA
winner
Love Calls Back
Coming out to family and friends is one of the most nerve-wracking moments in the lives of LGBTQ+ p…
PSA
MTV's Save Our Moms
The US is the most dangerous place in the developed world to give birth: between two and three wome…
PSA
Missed.Strokes
Over the past decade, there has been a 44% increase in the number of young Americans who have been …
PSA
Operation Prevention
Launched in 2016, Operation Prevention was developed to combat the prescription opioid and heroin e…
PSA
finalist
gold honor
Roo High School, where no [sex ed] question is off-limits
In the US only 24 states mandate sex education. And only 13 of those states require it to be “medic…
PSA
The Plastic Ocean PSA
At a time when mainstream brands are beginning to pay attention to the banning of single use pla…
PSA
finalist
bronze honor
Unbreaking America
Since 2012, RepresentUs—the nation’s largest right-left anti-corruption organization—has been worki…
PSA
Younger Violence Against Women Act PSA
Together, with the United State of Women and Civic Nation, TV Land joined forces on a Public Servic…