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 Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance NEW! 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

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Government and Politics

This award recognizes efforts by a political party, politician, government advocacy group or city, state or country government to make the world a better place.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Government & Politics
winner
The World’s Tallest Donation Box
In May, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), a non-profit governmental or…

Finalists

Government & Politics
finalist
#Eko4Women: International Women’s Day commemoration by the government of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Amidst the increasing clamour globally for gender parity and equal opportunities for women, StateCr…
Government & Politics
finalist
Cover smart. Do your part. Slow the spread.
In May 2020, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there was confusion and a need for clear info…
Government & Politics
finalist
NYC Care: UNLOCK Access to Health Care
In NYC, we believe everybody deserves access to health care regardless of immigration status and in…
Government & Politics
finalist
Vote.net - Make a Difference. Vote.
Vote.net was conceived, built and launched in 2017 by Eric Anderson and Max Anderson as a student e…
Government & Politics
finalist
Winning Historic Non-Discrimination Protections Across Virginia
This time last year, LGBTQ Virginians still lacked explicit protections from discrimination in all …

Nominees

Government & Politics
2020 Census COVID-19 Commericals
Reingold is the Census Bureau’s lead digital agency for the federal government’s largest public edu…
Government & Politics
Handwashing
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused uncertainty for many in regards to g…
Government & Politics
New Jersey
New Jersey had been lacking a central social media presence until Governor Murphy entered office in…
Government & Politics
Scaling Access to Affordable Housing: From DAHLIA to Bloom
In 2016, Exygy partnered with the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development…
Government & Politics
Stay Home, Stay Connected
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused stress, fear, and sometimes overwhel…