THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

From the 5th 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
Our Power
March For Our Lives is a national youth-led movement to end gun violence in America.  The primar…

Finalists

Civic Engagement
finalist
gold honor
Executive Command by iCivics.org and Filament Games
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor founded iCivics in 2009 with one mission: to reim…
Civic Engagement
finalist
gold honor
Univision's Cuenta Conmigo
Univision's year-long, Cuenta Conmigo (Count on Me) campaign raised awareness about the importance …
Civic Engagement
finalist
silver honor
The System: Who Rigged It, and How We Fix It with Robert Reich
Inequality Media’s vision is a United States where active participation by informed citizens restor…
Civic Engagement
finalist
As Restaurants Closed Due to COVID-19, Restaurant Workers Fought for Aid
Few sectors of the economy were harder hit by the COVID-19 crisis than America’s restaurants. A hea…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Consumer Reports #PutPeopleFirst Pandemic Campaign
Consumer Reports’s mission is to help consumers make informed choices and to protect consumers thro…
Civic Engagement
finalist
Nurses on the COVID19 Frontlines Took to Social Media and Demanded Protection
As Covid-19 became a national emergency, America’s nurses were the first to encounter challenges as…

Nominees

Civic Engagement
Empowering the African American community in #Election2020
Black Futures Lab was created by Alicia Garza, one of the founding members of the international Bla…