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 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.

Nominees

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…
2020 Census COVID-19 Commericals
Reingold is the Census Bureau’s lead digital agency for the federal government’s largest public edu…
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…
Handwashing
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused uncertainty for many in regards to g…
finalist
NYC Care: UNLOCK Access to Health Care
In NYC, we believe everybody deserves access to health care regardless of immigration status and in…
New Jersey
New Jersey had been lacking a central social media presence until Governor Murphy entered office in…
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…
Stay Home, Stay Connected
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused stress, fear, and sometimes overwhel…
winner
The World’s Tallest Donation Box
In May, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), a non-profit governmental or…
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…
finalist
Winning Historic Non-Discrimination Protections Across Virginia
This time last year, LGBTQ Virginians still lacked explicit protections from discrimination in all …