THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

From the 4th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best use of Video

This category honors the most creative and effective incorporation of video content in a social good or cause-based marketing campaign.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Nominees

finalist
"For Her Age"
As part of their "Disrupt Aging" campaign, AARP partnered with SoulPancake to produce content that …
finalist
#UnravelHate
Toronto-based apparel brand Peace Collective aims to capture cultural sentiment in the clothing it …
Are You the One? Come One, Come All
MTV’s Are You The One? Come One, Come All is the first reality dating competition show in the U.S. …
Beauty Mark
Beauty standards are impossible. Women face tremendous pressure to keep up with ideal images, and i…
Believe Sexual Assault Survivors Video
The Believe Survivors video concept was born out of an ongoing, global discussion around sexual ass…
Camila and The Shadow of Dengue
2019 marked an important point in Takeda’s history as it concluded a major acquisition. Their annua…
winner
Changing the Game
The video game industry has long ignored players with limited mobility. As a result, gamers with li…
finalist
gold honor
Code & Response
Natural disasters of apocalyptic proportion are occurring at a more rapid rate than ever before. Mo…
Dear Canada
Walls. Borders. National security. These are words that now swirl around the topic of immigratio…
Fish Unknown
Relais & Châteaux, as an association of 580 of the world’s top restaurants and hotels, has been sup…
finalist
Generation Lockdown
In 95% of public schools in the United States, lockdown drills are as common as math and science. S…
Helping Working Parents #LetGuiltGo
In the Know: Innovation
The objective of In the Know: Innovation is to share important tech news with a wide audience and m…
Incarcerated Women Bust Myths About Prison | Truth or Myth
In this SoulPancake origingal series, we set out to explore the truths, falsehoods, and myths surro…
Love Calls Back
Coming out to family and friends is one of the most nerve-wracking moments in the lives of LGBTQ+ p…
Rising
Love Has No Labels believes promoting and normalizing different forms of love will help make societ…
RuPaul's #DragRacePride
The riots at The Stonewall Inn in New York City 50 years ago marked an act of rebellion by members …
finalist
The Away Game
Sometimes it’s the toughest challenges that create the most remarkable results. Tims Hortons is …
The Wage Gap: A Scary Truth
On average in the US, women earn about 80 cents for every dollar men make and women of color make e…
Unbreaking America
Since 2012, RepresentUs—the nation’s largest right-left anti-corruption organization—has been worki…
Waste of Film
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention there were an estimated 1.4 Million sui…
Wente #MakeTime Campaign
Founded in 1883, Wente Family Estates is the oldest continuously-operated family-owned winery in th…
YouTube Creators for Change
The 2018 YouTube Creators for Change program and global campaign aimed to drive greater awareness o…
“With Love, Me” presented by Your Cancer Game Plan
In 2017, Merck—in partnership with the cancer advocacy community—launched Your Cancer Game Plan (YC…