THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive NEW! Business to Business NEW! Education NEW! Entertainment Fashion and Beauty NEW! Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness NEW! News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 4th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best use of User Generated Content

This award honors the most creative and effective incorporation of user generated content in a social good campaign, initiative or project.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

User Generated Content
winner
Beauty Mark
Beauty standards are impossible. Women face tremendous pressure to keep up with ideal images, and i…

Finalists

User Generated Content
finalist
BLIND GIRL SINGS TO OVERCOME FEAR
8-year-old Evie was born without eyes and has to make frequent visits to the hospital, but she is e…
User Generated Content
finalist
HERO STANDS UP TO RACIST ON LONDON TUBE
A commuter was verbally assaulting a young man on a train when our hero stood up for what’s right a…
User Generated Content
finalist
Leveraging UGC to Change Lives: Comic Relief's Red Nose Day brings their Joke-Ha-Thon to TikTok
Nearly 1 in 5 children in America, and 1 billion children around the world, live in poverty. Every …
User Generated Content
finalist
MOM WITH DEMENTIA REMEMBERED
Dementia is painful, but can also bring little moments of beauty. One mother affected by the condit…
User Generated Content
finalist
PopSockets: Poptivism
When former philosophy professor David Barnett sold the first PopSockets grip in 2014, he committed…

Nominees

User Generated Content
finalist
BLIND GIRL SINGS TO OVERCOME FEAR
8-year-old Evie was born without eyes and has to make frequent visits to the hospital, but she is e…
User Generated Content
winner
Beauty Mark
Beauty standards are impossible. Women face tremendous pressure to keep up with ideal images, and i…
User Generated Content
finalist
HERO STANDS UP TO RACIST ON LONDON TUBE
A commuter was verbally assaulting a young man on a train when our hero stood up for what’s right a…
User Generated Content
finalist
Leveraging UGC to Change Lives: Comic Relief's Red Nose Day brings their Joke-Ha-Thon to TikTok
Nearly 1 in 5 children in America, and 1 billion children around the world, live in poverty. Every …
User Generated Content
finalist
MOM WITH DEMENTIA REMEMBERED
Dementia is painful, but can also bring little moments of beauty. One mother affected by the condit…
User Generated Content
Operation Prevention
Every day in America, 44 people die as a result of prescription opioid overdose, and heroin use has…
User Generated Content
finalist
PopSockets: Poptivism
When former philosophy professor David Barnett sold the first PopSockets grip in 2014, he committed…